SACRED HUNGER
by Unsworth, Barry
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0241132827
- ISBN 13
- 9780241132821
- Seller
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Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
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About This Item
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
It was a great read, full of truth and realism.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Bookshelf (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60989
- Title
- SACRED HUNGER
- Author
- Unsworth, Barry
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0241132827
- ISBN 13
- 9780241132821
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- 0241132827, Historical Fiction, Slave Trade
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
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