Kestrel For A Knave

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The powerful novel which inspired one of the most famous British films of the 60s, 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.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780241978962
Published: August 2016

Number of pages: 208
Width: 111 mm
Height: 181 mm
Depth: 13 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd