A Kestrel for a Knave
Written by Barry Hines
Narrated by Gareth Bennett-Ryan
4.5/5
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Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a troubled teenager growing up in the small Yorkshire mining town of Barnsley. Treated as a failure at school, and unhappy at home, Billy discovers a new passion in life when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk.
Billy identifies with her silent strength and she inspires in him the trust and love that nothing else can, discovering through her the passion missing from his life. Barry Hines's acclaimed novel continues to reach new generations of teenagers and adults with its powerful story of survival in a tough, joyless world.Barry Hines
Barry Hines nació en 1939 en el sur de Yorkshire, en la localidad minera de Hoyland Common. De familia obrera, dejó la escuela a temprana edad y trabajó como aprendiz de topógrafo minero. Posteriormente, estudió Magisterio y trabajó como profesor de Educación Física. La fama le llegaría con su novela KES (A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE, 1968), que cosechó un enorme éxito y que sería adaptada a la pantalla y dirigida por Ken Loach en 1969. Hines colaboró con Loach en dos ocasiones más, adaptando sus novelas THE GAMEKEEPER (1975) y LOOKS AND SMILES (1981), galardonada en Cannes. Murió en marzo de 2016.
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