Francis Spufford: 'I'm still angry about what has been done to this country' | Francis Spufford
I May Be Backroom Boys, charting the overlooked achievements of British scientists; the âstrangely noveloidâ Red Plenty, about postwar Soviet economics; and Unapologetic, his lively apologia for religion and riposte to the ânew atheismâ of Richard Dawkins and co. If such an eclectic writer could be said to have a niche, it was to make nerdishness interesting. Then at 52 he published Golden Hill, a glittering take on the 18th-century novel, set in New York, which was the surprise hit of 2016, winning him a Costa first novel award and an enthusiastic new readership. Now ...
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