Francis Spufford - Golden Hill
Francis Spufford discusses his multi-award-winning novel Golden Hill with James Naughtie and a group of readers.
Francis Spufford’s novel Golden Hill won the Costa Book Award, the Ondaatje Prize and the Desmond Elliot Prize and was shortlisted for a host of others. It’s been described by critics as ‘a crackerjack novel of old Manhattan’, ‘Like a newly discovered novel by Henry Fielding with extra material by Martin Scorsese’, and ‘utterly captivating’.
Francis joins James Naughtie and a group of his readers to discuss this novel set in the embryo metropolis of 18th Century New York.
Presenter: James Naughtie
Producer: Allegra McIlroy
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- Sun 4 Jul 2021 16:00BBC Radio 4 FM
- Thu 8 Jul 2021 15:30BBC Radio 4 FM
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