Francis Spufford\u2019s 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\u2019s been described by critics as \u2018a crackerjack novel of old Manhattan\u2019, \u2018Like a newly discovered novel by Henry Fielding with extra material by Martin Scorsese\u2019, and \u2018utterly captivating\u2019.
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\nProducer: Allegra McIlroy
August\u2019s Bookclub choice: A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam