Barry Unsworth

Quality of Mercy

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Produktbeschreibung

When he receives a tip about some mines for sale in East Durham, Kemp sees the business opportunity he has been waiting for, and he too makes his way north, to the very same village that Sullivan is heading forâ

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Windmill Books
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 651426
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm
• Gewicht: 222g
• ISBN-13: 9780099538226
• ISBN-10: 0099538229
• Artikelnr.: 35204959

Autorenporträt

Barry Unsworth was born in 1930 in Durham. He was the author of many novels, including Pascali's Island, which was shortlisted for the 1980 Booker Prize; Stone Virgin (1985); Sacred Hunger, which was joint winner of the 1992 Booker Prize; Morality Play, which was shortlisted for the 1995 Booker Prize; Losing Nelson (1999); The Songs of the King (2002); The Ruby in Her Navel (2006); Land of Marvels (2009); and The Quality of Mercy (2011), which was shortlisted for The Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. Barry Unsworth died in 2012.

Rezensionen

Here, immediately, you know that you are in the hands of a master . . . There are several strands to the novel, interwoven with rare artistry and assurance . . . Barry Unsworth does all this. The Quality of Mercy is the work of one who is both artist and craftsman. There is not a page without interest, not a sentence that rings false. It is gripping and moving, a novel about justice which is worthy of that theme. In short, it is a tremendous achievement, as good as anything this great novelist has written. Allan Massie Scotsman