{"product_id":"kes-a-kestrel-for-a-knave-by-barry-hines","title":"'Kes\/A Kestrel for a Knave' by Barry Hines","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBilly Casper is fifteen, growing up in a South Yorkshire mining town where almost every institution around him has already decided what sort of life he will have.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt home he is neglected; at school he is mocked, punished and treated as essentially disposable; ahead lies the coal mine and the same constricted working life as the men around him. Then Billy finds a kestrel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1968 as \u003cem\u003eA Kestrel for a Knave\u003c\/em\u003e, Barry Hines’s novel is one of the great works of postwar British working-class fiction: spare, unsentimental and acutely attentive to the ways class becomes destiny long before anyone formally chooses it. Billy’s training of the bird gives him something almost absent elsewhere in his life — a private field of competence, concentration and freedom. The novel was adapted by Ken Loach into the 1969 film \u003cem\u003eKes\u003c\/em\u003e, which became a landmark of British social-realist cinema. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePenguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1975. Paperback. Originally published by Michael Joseph in 1968; first Penguin edition 1969. 1975 Penguin reprint, film tie-in edition for Ken Loach’s \u003cem\u003eKes\u003c\/em\u003e. Moderate age toning, rubbing and handling to covers, with light creasing and edge wear; internally clean and sound. Good to very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46024474624083,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation_70.png?v=1787642220","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/kes-a-kestrel-for-a-knave-by-barry-hines","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}