A kestrel for a knave.

Description:

Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a disillusioned teenager growing up in a small Yorkshire mining town. Violence is commonplace and he is frequently cold and hungry. Yet he is determined to be a survivor and when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk he discovers a passion in life. Billy identifies with her proud silence and she inspired in him the trust and love that nothing else can. Intense and raw and bitingly honest, A KETREL FOR A KNAVE was first published in 1968 and was also madeinto a highly acclaimed film, 'Kes', directed by Ken Loach.

subjects: Fiction, general,  England, fiction,  Boys, fiction,  Fiction,  Literature,  Fiction in English,  Working Classes in Fiction,  Criminals,  Biography,  Businessmen,  Gangsters,  Children of criminals,  Organized crime,  Large type books,  Kestrels,  Human-animal relationships,  Dysfunctional families,  Fiction, family life, general

Places: Northern England

Times: 1960s