A Kestrel for a Knave - Couverture rigide

Hines, Barry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 017432295X ISBN 13 : 9780174322955

Editeur : Nelson Thornes Ltd, 1989

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.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling.Barry Hines's A Kestrel for a Knave was published in 1968, and was made into one of the key British films of the sixties. Billy Casper is beaten by his drunken brother, ignored by his mother and failing at school. He seems destined for a hard, miserable life down the pits, but for a brief time, he finds one pleasure in life: a wild kestrel that he has raised and tamed himself.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Nelson Thornes Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1989
• ISBN 10: 017432295X
• ISBN 13: 9780174322955
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 184