Golden Hill by Francis Spufford

7. Surprise

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 23^rd May 2017, 22:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 18^th Aug 2021, 02:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

A surprise appearance at breakfast leads to an apology for Smith, and an invitation to dinner.

Meanwhile the agreed time for Lovell to honour the bill has nearly arrived.

This is New York in its infancy, a place where a young man with a fast tongue can invent himself afresh, fall in love, and find a world of trouble.

Francis Spufford’s novel read by Jamie Parker

Abridged by Isobel Creed and Jill Waters
Producer: Jill Waters

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2017. Show less