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Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Desmond Elliott Prize | 2017 | Winner |
| RSL Ondaatje Prize | 2017 | Winner |
| Desmond Elliott Prize | 2016 | Shortlist |
| Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction | 2016 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Francis Spufford's debut novel is set in New York City in 1746 and follows Richard Smith, a young Englishman who arrives with a mysterious letter of credit for a thousand pounds and becomes embroiled in the city's social, romantic, and political life before his secret is revealed. Written in a playfully Fieldingesque eighteenth-century register, the novel won the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the Desmond Elliott Prize in 2017.
About the Author
Francis Spufford is a British writer born in 1964. He studied English at Cambridge and has worked as a book designer and editor before becoming a full-time writer. His nonfiction includes I May Be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination (1996), The Child That Books Built (2002), Backroom Boys (2003), and Unapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising Emotional Sense (2012). Read more →
