Book Review Author: Eleanor Catton Publisher: Granta, London, 2013 Pages: 832 Price in India: Rs799 There are some books which extract a sigh of relief from us as we turn their last page. The winner of the 2013 Booker Prize belongs to that category. You feel relieved that it has come to an end at last. You feel like a child who has successfully put together all the pieces of a complex jigsaw puzzle after a gruelling struggle. 14 Jan 1866. Crosbie Wells is found dead in his cottage. Anna Wetherell is found almost dead elsewhere. Emery Staines has vanished. Francis Carver has sailed away in a barque that he bought from Alistair Lauderback presenting himself as Crosbie Wells. An amount of 4000 pounds (a huge sum in those days) is missing. Alistair Lauderback has a connection with the real Crosbie Wells which the former does not want to acknowledge. 832 pages are devoted to unravel the above mysteries which are all related to one another. Hokitika
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