by Francis Spufford · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416987184
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«Golden Hill» is the historical novel by Francis Spufford, published by Edicions de 1984 in paperback (384 pages).
New York, 1746. A young stranger arrives by ship in the colonial city and presents himself at an accounting office on Golden Hill Street with a bill of exchange for a thousand pounds. Unwilling to explain his origins or his plans, the local merchants don't know whether to trust him, arrest him, or even kill him.
Originally published in 2016, it won the Costa First Novel Award. This edition is from 2018, translated by Emili Olcina.
For those who enjoy historical mystery novels set in colonial eighteenth-century New York.
Francis Spufford FRSL is an English author and writing teacher. His first novel Golden Hill received critical acclaim and numerous prizes including the Costa Book Award for First Novel, the Desmond Elliott Prize, and the Ondaatje Prize. In 2007 Spufford was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
