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Books by Francis Spufford mentioned on podcasts
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Red Plenty
Red Plenty by Francis Spufford is a celebrated novel that offers a fictionalized account of Soviet economic history and industrial planning during the Khrushchev era.
Discussed“Spuffford wrote this incredible book called Red Plenty, which really I and Abe took as one of our models for how do you write a complicate a book about complicated structures”
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Golden Hill
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford is an acclaimed 18th-century picaresque mock-novel that follows a mysterious young man arriving in Manhattan with a staggering draft of money and a host of hidden intentions.
Discussed“I was still in the middle of writing my my last book Golden Hill which is a picaresque 18th century mock 18th century novel”
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Light Perpetual
Discussed“his latest novel is called light Perpetual Francis thanks for being here thanks for having”
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The child that books built
The child that books built by Francis Spufford is a captivating memoir that explores the profound impact of reading and literature on a young mind growing up in Britain.
Recommended“I am reading a very Charming Memoir by a British writer named Francis spufford called the child that books built”
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