Barry Hines

• Jan-1999
• / General Fiction
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From the author of KESTREL FOR A KNAVE, a contemporary novel about a middle-aged rocker. After the death of his mother, a man begins to think about his teenage years as a Teddy Boy, something which is a far cry from his unemployed, middle-aged life....

• May-1999
• / General Fiction
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Harshly unsentimental, this novel tells the story of the remarkable relationship between the desperate Billy, a friendless boy living in a soulless northern town, and the equally destructive, fierce kestrel, Kes, which he raises from the nest....

• Aug-2009
• / General Fiction
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• May-2022
• / Literary
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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...

• Apr-2023
• / Literary
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First US publication of this unsentimental, sympathetic novel of the unemployed young in Thatcher's Britain. From Barry Hines, writer of A Kestrel for a Knave and The Gamekeeper1980, Sheffield: a city on its knees after decades of steel industry ...

• Mar-2024
• / Historical
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The previously unpublished last novel by Barry Hines, Springwood Stars tells the story of a village soccer team during the hardships of a 1920s miners’ strike. They struggle, for the sake of their village's spirit, to keep the squad together. I...