Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth
WINNER OF THE 1992 BOOKER PRIZE 'Gripping . . . SACRED HUNGER covers a period between 1752 and 1765 . . . it concerns the entangled and conflicted fortunes of two cousins: Erasmus Kemp, the son of a Lancashire merchant, and Matthew Paris, a scholar and surgeon just released from prison for "denying Holy Writ" . . . the Liverpool Merchant is the vessel on which the whole of the novel hinges, and it carries the reader deep into the history of man's iniquitous greed . . . AS REGARDS ITS DRAMATIC BREADTH AND ENERGY, NO RECENT DOMESTIC NOVEL HAS COME WITHIN A MILE OF IT' - Anthony Quinn in the Independent
Barry Unsworth won the Booker Prize with SACRED HUNGER and has been shortlisted for PASCALI'S ISLAND and MORALITY PLAY. He is author of many other acclaimed novels. Originally from Durham he now lives in Italy.
SKU | GOR000552743 |
ISBN 13 | 9780140119930 |
ISBN 10 | 0140119930 |
Title | Sacred Hunger |
Author | Barry Unsworth |
Condition | Very good |
Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
Year published | 1993-02-04 |
Number of pages | 640 |
Prizes | Winner of Booker Prize for Fiction 1992 |
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