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Golden Hill

By: Francis Spufford
Narrated by: Sarah Borges
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About this listen

New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan Island, 1746.

One evening, a handsome young stranger off the boat from England pitches up to a counting house on Golden Hill Street, with a compelling proposition - he has an order for 1,000 pounds in his pocket that he wishes to cash. But can he be trusted? New York is a place where a young man with a fast tongue can reinvent himself, fall in love, and find trouble....

©2016 Francis Spufford (P)2017 W.F. Howes Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction New York

Critic reviews

"A novel of such joy it leaves you beaming...verifiable gold." ( The Sunday Telegraph)
"The best 18th century novel since the 18th century." (BBC Radio 4)
"A cunningly crafted narrative that, right up to its tour de force conclusion, is alive with tantalising twists and turns.... This is a dazzlingly written novel. Little brilliances of metaphor and phrasing gleam everywhere." ( The Sunday Times)
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Would you try another book written by Francis Spufford or narrated by Sarah Borges?

Yes - lively writing and an interesting time to read about.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The monster - really 'orrible

Would you be willing to try another one of Sarah Borges’s performances?

I enjoyed the narrator's voice but there were quite a few mispronunciations of words

Do you think Golden Hill needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Not really - no spoilers but it's pretty complete

Any additional comments?

Good book -worth a go and keeps it's pace up nicely - I particularly liked the Tabitha character and the card game scene.

Engaging New York romp

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A wonderful book. I loved it. It's one I'll remember. Everything - plot, language, structure, surprise ending. What more could you want. On to his new book now.

Fabulous

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Took a while to get into but I loved it . Great performance by narrator and gripping story

Great -

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Fascinating insights into currency and life in the 1700s NY, nice pace and twists, interesting well drawn characters.

NY period drama

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I love the author and the story was intriguing and prose as brilliant as ever. But if you are going to narrate a novel with many characters with English accents you should really not ask someone who can't do English accents. Perhaps if you are not British it won't jar so much, but the pronunciation was just so consistently off as to make it unlistenable. have decided to read on Kindle.

I just could not get over accents

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