{"product_id":"golden-hill-a-novel-of-old-new-york","title":"Golden Hill: A Novel of Old New York","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003eTop Ten Fiction Book of the Year * A \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Fiction Book of the Year * A \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times \u003c\/i\u003eFavorite Book of the Year * An NPR Best Book of the Year * A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year * A \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gorgeously crafted...\u003c\/b\u003eSpufford's\u003cb\u003e sprawling recreation here is pitch perfect.\" --Maureen Corrigan, \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fast-paced romp that keeps its eyes on the moral conundrums of America.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Delirious storytelling backfilled with this much intelligence is a rare and happy sight.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGolden Hill\u003c\/i\u003e possesses a fluency and immediacy, a feast of the senses...I love this book.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe spectacular first novel from acclaimed nonfiction author Francis Spufford follows the adventures of a mysterious young man in mid-18th-century Manhattan, thirty years before the American Revolution.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew 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 won't 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRich in language and historical perception, yet compulsively readable, \u003ci\u003eGolden Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a remarkable achievement--remarkable, especially, in its intelligent re-creation of the early years of what was to become America's greatest city\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e). 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 love--and find a world of trouble. \u003ci\u003eGolden Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is \"immensely pleasurable...Read it for Spufford's brilliant storytelling, pitch-perfect ear for dialogue, and gift for re-creating a vanished time\" (\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943553007847,"sku":"9781501163883","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_7b1282b6-93c8-4413-bed8-95629f2f98d1.jpg?v=1775325778","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/golden-hill-a-novel-of-old-new-york","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}