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Sacred Hunger
by UNSWORTH, Barry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good ++/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385265301
- ISBN 13
- 9780385265300
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1992. Book in bound in tan cloth and gold boards, stamped in gold. The pages at the top edge have pulled away slightly from the cloth (typicall in thick books like this. Overall, a tight, clean copy of this, the author's fifth book, and winner of the Booker Prize in the year of publication. 630 pp. . First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4999999
- Title
- Sacred Hunger
- Author
- UNSWORTH, Barry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385265301
- ISBN 13
- 9780385265300
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Booker Prize
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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- Tight
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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