- Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, general, New york (n.y.), fiction
"New 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.
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Classical in form, grave, meticulous and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Francis Spufford
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Audio, 1984
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780571225200
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