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Which 2013 novel by Eleanor Catton, set during the 1866 West Coast gold rush and structured around astrological charts, won the Booker Prize and made its author the youngest-ever winner at the time?

The Luminaries, at 832 pages, is also the longest book to ever win the Booker Prize; its intricate Victorian narrative structure and astrological framework are matched to a gripping mystery set in Hokitika.

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