Francis Spufford Collection 4 Books Set - Literary Fiction & Non-Fiction - Paperback

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Titles in This Set. Unapologetic. Light Perpetual. Golden Hill. Red Plenty. Details. Condition: New. Format: Paperback. ISBN (Unapologetic): 9780571225224. ISBN (Light Perpetual): 9780571336494. ISBN (Golden Hill): 9780571225200. ISBN (Red Plenty): 9780571225248. Publisher: Faber & Faber. Age Range: Adult. Overview. This four-book paperback collection brings together the celebrated fiction and non-fiction of Francis Spufford, one of Britain's most versatile literary voices. Spanning historical adventure, alternate-history heartbreak, Soviet-era ambition and a spirited defence of faith, the set showcases the astonishing range of a writer equally at home in invention and argument. It's an ideal introduction for new readers and a satisfying addition for existing fans, gathering award-winning, critically acclaimed titles into one covetable collection for the home library or as a thoughtful literary gift.. About the Books. Unapologetic is Spufford's brief, witty, personal defence of Christian belief, arguing not that Christianity is factually true but that it is emotionally recognisable, offering a refreshingly honest account of faith in the twenty-first century. Light Perpetual, longlisted for the Booker Prize, opens with a German rocket striking wartime London and imagines the lives five children might have lived had that single moment never happened — a moving meditation on memory, chance and the preciousness of ordinary life. Golden Hill, Spufford's Costa Award-winning debut novel, drops a mysterious stranger into 1746 New York with a suspiciously large fortune to claim, delivering a dazzling, plot-twisting homage to the picaresque novel. Red Plenty blends fiction and history to imagine the hopeful, strange moment when the Soviet Union's planned economy seemed destined to out-perform capitalism, told through scientists, planners and dreamers caught up in Khrushchev's brief utopian promise. Together the four books trace Spufford's journey from acclaimed essayist to aw