Quote by: Eleanor Catton

I would make up silver lies studded with shards of perfect detail like mosaic splinters, sharp and everlasting, the kind of tiny faultless detail that would make them all sure that what I said was true. I would have alibis. I would bring in other people and teach them a story, and rehearse it so carefully and for so long that soon they’d all start to believe that what they said was actually true.


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Author Bio


  • NameEleanor Catton
  • DescriptionNew Zealand writer
  • BornSeptember 24, 1985
  • CountryNew Zealand
  • ProfessionWoman Of Letters; Novelist
  • WorksThe Luminaries
  • AwardsMan Booker Prize