Sacred Hunger
by Unsworth, Barry
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0140179917
- ISBN 13
- 9780140179910
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About This Item
Penguin UK, 1993. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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.
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On Jun 26 2012, Okfine said:
It was a great read, full of truth and realism.
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- Title
- Sacred Hunger
- Author
- Unsworth, Barry
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140179917
- ISBN 13
- 9780140179910
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England
- Date Published
- 1993
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