SACRED HUNGER.
by Unsworth, Barry
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in illustrated cream wrappers - a tight, apparently unread copy.
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
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
It was a great read, full of truth and realism.
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Details
- Seller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 55651
- Title
- SACRED HUNGER.
- Author
- Unsworth, Barry
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in illustrated cream wrappers - a tight, apparently unread copy.
- Publisher
- Doubleday,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1992.
- Keywords
- booker prize, slave trade, arc, advance issue,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
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