Golden Hill Spufford Francis
Golden Hill Spufford Francis New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan Island, 1746. But can he be trusted? One rainy evening, a charming and handsome young stranger fresh off the boat from…
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Golden Hill Spufford Francis
New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan Island, 1746. But can he be trusted? One rainy evening, a charming and handsome young stranger fresh off the boat from England pitches up to a counting house on Golden Hill Street, with a suspicious yet compelling proposition he has an order for a thousand pounds in his pocket that he wishes to cash.
.Francis Spufford was born in 1964. This is New York in its infancy, a place where a young man with a fast tongue can invent himself afresh, fall in love, and find a world of trouble . . He is the author of five highlypraised books of nonfiction, most frequently described by reviewers as either bizarre or brilliant, and usually as both.
Unapologetic, has been translated into three languages the one before, Red Plenty, into nine. He has been longlisted or shortlisted for prizes in science writing, historical writing, political writing, theological writing, and writing evoking the spirit of place. In 2007 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
He teaches writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and lives near Cambridge. His latest book is his first novel, Golden Hill