Barry Hines

b. 1939

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Barry Hines was an English author best known for his novel Kestrel for a Knave, later adapted into the film Kes. His work often explored working-class life and youth in Yorkshire.

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Fiction Literary Fiction Contemporary Literature Young Adult Drama

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Hines/Barry, barry hines, BARRY HINES

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Kestrel for a Knave

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The Price of Coal

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The blinder

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Kes

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Elvis over England

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