francis spufford

Francis Spufford talks about his particular kind of non-fiction writing, and reads from some of his books.

Francis Spufford talks about his particular kind of non-fiction writing, and reads from some of his books.

Francis Spufford is a former Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. His previous books include I May Be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination and a memoir, The Child that Books Built. His new book, Red Plenty, skilfully blends fact and fiction to explore the heady years in the early 'sixties when the USSR entertained ambitions of becoming a Soviet paradise on earth.