Kes
(a kestrel for aknave)
by Barry Hines and Barry Hines
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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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Kes: (a kestrel for aknave)
1977, Magna Print Books
in English
- Large print ed.
086009085X 9780860090854
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Originally published: as 'A kestrel for a knave'. London : Joseph, 1968.
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