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Sacred Hunger
by Barry Unsworth
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine (ABOVE AVERAGE)/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0241132827
- ISBN 13
- 9780241132821
- Seller
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Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1992. Some creases to spine otherwise very neat...........please e-mail for further details.. Not Signed or Inscribed. Reprint. Illustrated Paperback. Near Fine (ABOVE AVERAGE)/No Jacket. Illus. by Not Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". PAPERBACK.
Synopsis
Sacred Hunger is a historical novel by Barry Unsworth first published in 1992. It was joint winner of the Booker Prize that year, sharing the position with Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient. The story is set in the mid 18th century and centers around the Liverpool Merchant, a slave ship employed in the triangular trade, a central trade route in the Atlantic slave trade.
Reviews
On Jun 26 2012, Okfine said:
It was a great read, full of truth and realism.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfarm (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1001433
- Title
- Sacred Hunger
- Author
- Barry Unsworth
- Illustrator
- Not Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine (ABOVE AVERAGE)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0241132827
- ISBN 13
- 9780241132821
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- FLORIDA_FICTION FICTION_HISTORICAL
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
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