{"product_id":"the-gamekeeper-paperback","title":"The Gamekeeper - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Hines\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Berger\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Purse is an ex-steelworker employed as a gamekeeper on a ducal country estate. He gathers, hand-rears and treasures the birds to be shot at by his wealthy employers. He must ensure that the Duke and his guests have good hunts when the shooting season comes round on the Glorious Twelfth; he must ensure that the poachers who sneak onto the land in search of food do not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeason by season, over the course of a year, George makes his rounds. He is not a romantic hero. He is a laborer, who knows the natural world well and sees it without sentimentality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRightly acclaimed as a masterpiece of nature writing as well as a radical statement on work and class, \u003ci\u003eThe Gamekeeper\u003c\/i\u003e was also, like Hines's \u003ci\u003eA Kestrel for a Knave\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eKes\u003c\/i\u003e), adapted by Hines and filmed by Ken Loach, and it too stands as a haunting classic of twentieth-century fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into a mining family in a South Yorkshire mining village, Barry Hines (1939-2016) worked first in a coal mine before going to college, working as a teacher, and then becoming a full-time writer of fiction and screenplays for film and television. Hines is best known for \u003ci\u003eA Kestrel for a Knave\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel that has never been out of print in the UK and was filmed by Ken Loach as \u003ci\u003eKes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698761830463,"sku":"9781913505301","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bd320c95d5378b51797ed832d7345971.webp?v=1765011294","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gamekeeper-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}