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Kes
Av Barry Hines
Häftad, 2000
149 kr
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A tried-and-tested stage adaptation of Barry Hines' novel A Kestrel for a Knave, about a troubled young boy who finds and trains a kestrel.Billy, a disaffected young boy, has problems at school and at home: he's neglected by his mother, beaten by his brother and bullied on all sides. He adopts a …
Kestrel for a Knave
Av Barry Hines
Häftad, 1973
126 kr
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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 …
Kestrel for a Knave
Av Barry Hines
Häftad, 2000
152 kr
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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 troubled teenager growing up in the small Yorkshire mining …
Kestrel for a Knave
Av Barry Hines
E-bok, 2000
102 kr
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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 …
Kestrel for a Knave
Av Barry Hines
E-bok, 2010
102 kr
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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 …
Kestrel for a Knave
Av Barry Hines
Häftad, 2016
126 kr
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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 …
The Play Of Kes
Av Barry Hines, Allen Stronach
Inbunden, 1993
339 kr
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A moving yet straightforward dramatisation of Barry Hines's popular novel, Kes, the story of how fifteen-year-old Billy Casper trains a kestrel. It is not the training of the young hawk that is important but the admiration and affection it inspires in Billy, feelings which neither his school nor …
Kes
Av Barry Hines, Robert Alan Evans
Häftad, 2013
219 kr
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A new adaptation of the classic book A Kestrel for a Knave, Kes tells the story of a day in the life of Billy Casper; a 15-year-old boy about to leave school and determined not to end up working down the pit like his older brother Jud. Billy doesn't know what he'll do, but one thing has changed his …
Gamekeeper
Av Barry Hines
Häftad, 2022
144 kr
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George Purse is an ex-steelworker employed as a gamekeeper on a ducal country estate. He gathers, hand-rears and treasures the birds to be shot at by his wealthy employers. He must ensure that the Duke and his guests have good hunts when the shooting season comes round on the Glorious Twelfth; he …
A Kestrel for a Knave (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
Av Barry Hines
Häftad, 2015
344 kr
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The Gamekeeper
Av Barry Hines
Ljudbok, 2023
259 kr
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Through the changing seasons, amidst a sprawling ducal country estate, ex-steelworker George Purse's role as a gamekeeper goes beyond mere employment. With determination, he safeguards the birds, nurturing them with care, even as they become targets for the wealthy elite. As the Glorious Twelfth …
