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Books by Barry Hines
  | | A Kestrel for a Knave (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) by Barry Hines, Mark Hodkinson, Iain Sinclair Paperback, 162 Pages, Published 2015 by Valancourt Books ISBN-13: 978-1-941147-88-7, ISBN: 1-941147-88-7 "Billy Casper is a fifteen-year-old with no future, growing up in poverty and seemingly destined to follow his older brother into a life of toil in the coal mines. Life at home is hard: his father has left, his mother's main interest is in picking up men at the pub, and his brother bullies him mercilessly. Nor are things better at school, where Billy is tormented by the other kids and treated as a troublemaker by the teachers. But a spar ..." |
 | | Kes(Updated) (Nhb Modern Plays) by Barry Hines, Lawrence Till Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2001 by Nick Hern Books ISBN-13: 978-1-85459-486-0, ISBN: 1-85459-486-9 "BARRY HINES was born in 1939 in the mining village of Hoyland Common near Barnsley, where his father was a miner. Barry played football for the England Grammar School team and, after leaving school, for a short time for Barnsley whilst working there as an apprentice mining surveyor. He studied ... He has written six other novels, including The Gamekeeper, filmed by Ken Loach for ATV (1980)." |
 | | A Kestral for a Knave(1st Edition) (Penguin Essentials) by Barry Hines Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2017 by Penguin Uk International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-241-97896-2, ISBN: 0-241-97896-3 "Broschiertes BuchThe classic book that inspired Kes, the famous film, now published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Barry Hines's A Kestrel for a Knave was published in 1968, and was made into one of the key British films of the sixties. Billy Casper is beaten by his drunken brother, ignored by his mother and failing at school. He seems destined for a hard, miserable life down the pits, but for a brief time, he finds one plea ..." |
 | | A Kestrel for a Knave (Penguin Decades) by Barry Hines, Ian Mcmillan Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2010 by Penguin Uk International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-14-104170-4, ISBN: 0-14-104170-6 "Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling. Barry Hines's A Kestrel for a Knave was published in 1968, and was made into one of the key British films of the sixties. Bi ..." |
 | | A Kestrel For A Knave(Updated) by Barry Hines Hardcover, 198 Pages, Published 1984 by Arnold-Wheaton Pergamon Press Import ISBN-13: 978-0-08-006431-4, ISBN: 0-08-006431-0 "Billy Casper has few prospects. Determined not to follow his brother down the pit, he is floundering at school and under pressure at home. The wild hawk he finds and trains gives him direction and passion he has never expected before. But events threaten not only the fate of the hawk but also Billy's growing self respect." |
 | | This Artistic Life by Barry Hines Paperback, 203 Pages, Published 2009 by Pomona Press ISBN-13: 978-1-904590-22-4, ISBN: 1-904590-22-5 "This volume contains an anthology of essays, stories and poems by Barry Hines, the author of the much-celebrated 'A Kestrel For A Knave', better known as 'Kes'." |
 | | Kes(Large Print) (a Kestrel for a Knave) by Barry Hines Paperback, 303 Pages, Published 2002 by Dales Large Print Large Print ISBN-13: 978-1-84262-141-7, ISBN: 1-84262-141-6 "The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. In this dramatization of Barry Hines's novel, 15-year-old Billy trains a kestrel for whom he learns to feel great affection." |
 | | Modern Classics Kestrel for a Knave (Penguin Modern Classics) by Barry Hines, Barry Cunliffe Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2000 by Penguin Classic International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-14-118498-2, ISBN: 0-14-118498-1 "With prose that is every bit as raw, intense and bitingly honest as the world it depicts, Barry Hines' "A Kestrel for a Knave" contains a new afterword by the author in "Penguin Modern Classics". 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 ..." |
 | | Blinder, The by Barry Hines Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1977 by Puffin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-047096-3, ISBN: 0-14-047096-4 |
 | | First Signs by Barry Hines Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1972 by M.Joseph ISBN-13: 978-0-7181-0998-1, ISBN: 0-7181-0998-8 |
 | | A Kestrel for a Knave (Hardback) by Barry Hines Hardcover, 162 Pages, Published 2015 by Valancourt Books ISBN-13: 978-1-941147-87-0, ISBN: 1-941147-87-9 "Billy Casper is a fifteen-year-old with no future, growing up in poverty and seemingly destined to follow his older brother into a life of toil in the coal mines. Life at home is hard: his father has left, his mother's main interest is in picking up men at the pub, and his brother bullies him mercilessly. Nor are things better at school, where Billy is tormented by the other kids and treated as a troublemaker by the teachers. But a spar ..." |
 | | The Mini Monster Pop-Up Box - Contains Four Pop-Up Books by Barry Hines Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2008 by Penguin Classics ISBN-13: 978-1-85613-267-1, ISBN: 1-85613-267-6 |
 | | Kestrel For A Knave (Penguin Decades) by Barry Hines Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2004 by Penguin Uk International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-14-002952-9, ISBN: 0-14-002952-4 "Billy Casper is a boy with nowhere to go and nothing to say; part of the limbo generation of school leavers too old for lessons and too young to know anything about the outside world. He hates and he is hated. His family and friends are mean and tough and they're sure he's going to end up in big trouble. But Billy knows two things about his own world. He'll never work down the mines and he does know about animals. His only companion is ..." |
 | | Elvis Over England by Barry Hines Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1999 by Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-14-025924-7, ISBN: 0-14-025924-4 "From the author of KESTREL FOR A KNAVE, a contemporary novel about a middle-aged rocker. After the death of his mother, a man begins to think about his teenage years as a Teddy Boy, something which is a far cry from his unemployed, middle-aged life." |
 | | ELVIS OVER ENGLAND. Signed by Author(1st Edition) by Barry Hines Hardcover, 211 Pages, Published 1998 by Michael Joseph Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-7181-4118-9, ISBN: 0-7181-4118-0 "Elvis Over England - Barry Hines - Hardcover - B30-S2" |
 | | The Play of "Kes"(Updated) (Heinemann Plays for 14-16+) by Barry Hines, Allan Stronach, Lawrence Till, Anne Fenton, Heinemann Staff Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 1993 by Heinemann ISBN-13: 978-0-435-23288-7, ISBN: 0-435-23288-6 "Billy Have you seen him since? Mrs Rose He called me all the names under the sun. He said I was trying to rob his eyes out. Then he threatened Tommy Leach with violence when he tried to put a word in so Tommy walked out of the shop. ' You do right', I said to Tommy. A right pantomime. I had to send for Eric Clough and Eric Street in the end to prove that you never placed that bet. Billy Has he been back? Mrs Rose They both won, you ..." |
 | | A Kestrel for a Knave(1st Edition) by Barry Hines Spiral, Published 1993 by Heinemann Educational ISBN-13: 978-0-17-432508-6, ISBN: 0-17-432508-8 |
 | | The Blinder(Updated) by Barry Hines Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1969 by Penguin Books Import ISBN-13: 978-0-14-002951-2, ISBN: 0-14-002951-6 "Barry Hines was a PE teacher, working in London for two years before returning north and taking up writing full-time. His first novel, The Blinder, was written at Loughborough and finished while he worked as a teacher. Published in 1966, it was followed two years later by the novel which marked the arrival of a distinctive new voice and a writer who would tell the stories of those who could not speak for themselves, A Kestrel For A Kna ..." |
 | | Kes A Play : Adapted for the Stage by Robert Alan Evans, Barry Hines Paperback, 44 Pages, Published 2013 by Samuel French Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-573-15023-4, ISBN: 0-573-15023-0 "A new adaptation of the classic book A Kestrel for a Knave, Kes tells the story of a day in the life of Billy Casper; a 15-year-old boy about to leave school and determined not to end up working down the pit like his older brother Jud." |
 | | The Price of Coal(Updated) by Barry Hines Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2005 by Pomona Press ISBN-13: 978-1-904590-08-8, ISBN: 1-904590-08-X "Cast your mind back to the 1970s when Britain,still had a coal industry and Magaret Thatcher had,yet to do her worst. The Price of Coal brings the,Yorkshire miners' existence vividly to life in a,novel by turns tough, humorous and chilling." |
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