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A Kestrel for a Knave

A Kestrel for a Knave

By Barry Hines

Paperback / softback | ISBN 9780141184982

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With prose that is every bit as raw, intense and bitingly honest as the world it depicts, Barry Hines's A Kestrel for a Knave contains a new afterword by the author in Penguin Modern Classics.

Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a disillusioned teenager growing up in a small Yorkshire mining town. Violence is commonplace and he is frequently cold and hungry. Yet he is determined to be a survivor and when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk he discovers a passion in life. Billy identifies with her proud silence and she inspired in him the trust and love that nothing else can. Intense and raw and bitingly honest, A KETREL FOR A KNAVE was first published in 1968 and was also madeinto a highly acclaimed film, 'Kes', directed by Ken Loach.

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Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9780141184982
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages: 208
Width (mm): 129
Height (mm): 198
Depth (mm): 12

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