Golden Hill: A Novel of Old New York,Used

Golden Hill: A Novel of Old New York,Used

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A Wall Street Journal Top Ten Fiction Book of 2017 * A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of the Year * A Seattle Times Favorite Book of 2017 * An NPR Best Book of 2017 * A Kirkus Reviews Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year * A Library Journal Top Historical Fiction Book of the Year * Winner of the Costa First Novel Award, the RSL Ondaatje Prize, and the Desmond Elliott Prize * Winner of the New York City Book AwardGorgeously craftedSpufford's sprawling recreation here is pitch perfect. Maureen Corrigan, Fresh AirA fastpaced romp that keeps its eyes on the moral conundrums of America. The New YorkerDelirious storytelling backfilled with this much intelligence is a rare and happy sight. The New York TimesGolden Hill possesses a fluency and immediacy, a feast of the sensesI love this book. The Washington PostThe spectacular first novel from acclaimed nonfiction author Francis Spufford follows the adventures of a mysterious young man in mideighteenth century Manhattan, thirty years before the American Revolution.New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan island, 1746. One rainy evening in November, a handsome young stranger fresh off the boat arrives at a countinghouse door on Golden Hill Street: this is Mr. Smith, amiable, charming, yet strangely determined to keep suspicion shimmering. For in his pocket, he has what seems to be an order for a thousand pounds, a huge sum, and he wont explain why, or where he comes from, or what he is planning to do in the colonies that requires so much money. Should the New York merchants trust him? Should they risk their credit and refuse to pay? Should they befriend him, seduce him, arrest him; maybe even kill him?Rich in language and historical perception, yet compulsively readable, Golden Hill is a remarkable achievementremarkable, especially, in its intelligent recreation of the early years of what was to become Americas greatest city (The Wall Street Journal). Spufford paints an irresistible picture of a New York provokingly different from its later metropolitan self, but already entirely a place where a young man with a fast tongue can invent himself afresh, fall in loveand find a world of trouble. Golden Hill is immensely pleasurableRead it for Spuffords brilliant storytelling, pitchperfect ear for dialogue, and gift for recreating a vanished time (New York Newsday).

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