Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth

Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth

Sacred Hunger is a stunning and engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed. Filled with the sacred hunger to expand its empire and its profits, England entered full into the slave trade and spread the trade throughout its colonies. In this Booker Prize-winning work, Barry Unsworth follows the failing fortunes of William Kemp, a merchant pinning his last chance to a slave ship; his son who needs a fortune because he is in love with an upper-class woman; and his nephew who sails on the ship as its doctor because he has lost all he has loved. The voyage meets its demise when disease spreads among the slaves and the captain's drastic response provokes a mutiny. Joining together, the sailors and the slaves set up a secret, utopian society in the wilderness of Florida, only to await the vengeance of the single-minded, young Kemp.

Barry Unsworth (1930-2012) was a British historical fiction novelist. With Sacred Hunger, he won the Booker Prize, and was also nominated for Pascali's Isle and Morality Play. He wrote seventeen novels, all of which were well-received by critics.

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ISBN 13	9780393311143
ISBN 10	0393311147
Title	Sacred Hunger
Author	Barry Unsworth
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	1993-11-17
Number of pages	629
Prizes	Winner of Man Booker Prize (Novel) 1992
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