SACRED HUNGER
by UNSWORTH, BARRY
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Skreen, Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
London: Penguin, 1992. Book. Very Good. Wraps. 630pp; A bright copy; Size: 12mo.
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
- Weathered Stone Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PC1087
- Title
- SACRED HUNGER
- Author
- UNSWORTH, BARRY
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Weathered Stone Books
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Skreen, Sligo
About Weathered Stone Books
In operation since 1982 as The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin until 2005. Then in USA as Wandering Star Books an online bookseller also conducting appraisals for private collectors and institutions. Now back in Ireland and living in beautiful Sligo with views of the Atlantic and selling online.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...