{"product_id":"9780241978962","title":"A Kestrel for a Knave","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Hines, Barry \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/08\/2016,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 208 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241978962,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe classic book that inspired Kes, the famous film, now published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Barry Hines's A Kestrel for a Knave was published in 1968, and was made into one of the key British films of the sixties. Billy Casper is beaten by his drunken brother, ignored by his mother and failing at school. He seems destined for a hard, miserable life down the pits, but for a brief time, he finds one pleasure in life: a wild kestrel that he has raised and tamed himself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318813139317,"sku":"9780241978962","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780241978962.jpg?v=1782548042","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780241978962","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}