Description
| Product ID: | 9780241978962 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Penguin Essentials |
| Title: | A Kestrel for a Knave |
| Authors: | Author: Barry Hines |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The classic book that inspired Kes, the famous film, now published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. 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. The classic book that inspired Kes, the famous film, now published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-08-04 |
