A Kestrel for a Knave - Couverture souple

Hines, Barry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140029524 ISBN 13 : 9780140029529

Editeur : Penguin, 1973

Synopsis

Book by Barry Hines

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Billy Casper is a boy with nowhere to go and nothing to say; part of the limbo generation of school leavers too old for lessons and too young to know anything about the outside world. He hates and is hated. His family and friends are mean and tough and they're sure he's going to end up in big trouble. But Billy knows two things about his own world. He'll never work down the mines and he does know about animals. His only companion is his kestrel hawk, trained from the nest, and, like himself, trained but not tamed, with the will to destroy or to be destroyed. This in not just another book about growing up in the north - it's as real as a slap in the face to those who think that orange juice and comprehensive schools have taken the meanness out of life in the raw working towns.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Barry Hines was born near Barnsley, Yorkshire, in 1939 and was a promising footballer before taking a teaching qualification at Loughborough. He taught PE in London and in Yorkshire before writing full time. He has written nine novels, and co-wrote the screenplay of Kes with Ken Loach. He lives in Yorkshire.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0140029524
• ISBN 13: 9780140029529
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160