Golden Hill : 'Best book of the century' Richard Osman - Francis Spufford

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Best book of the century.' Richard Osman'Just wonderful.' Jan Morris'A marvel.' Zadie Smith 'Every bit as superb as everyone says.' Sarah PerryWinner of the Costa First Novel Award , the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the Desmond Elliott Prize A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 25 NOVELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYOVER 100k COPIES SOLD New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan Island, 1746. One rainy evening, a charming and handsome young stranger fresh off the boat from England pitches up to a counting house on Golden Hill Street, with a suspicious yet compelling proposition -- he has an order for a thousand pounds in his pocket that he wishes to cash. But can he be trusted? This is New York in its infancy, a place where a young man with a fast tongue can invent himself afresh, fall in love, and find a world of trouble . . . Show more