THE HEART OF IT

BARRY HINES

ISBN 10: 0718136403 / ISBN 13: 9780718136406

Published by MICHAEL JOESPH (PENGUIN GROUP), U.K, 1994

About this Item

Novel. Slight wear on dust jacket edges. DJ has not been price clipped. Slight foxing on the top edge of the book's pages. Otherwise clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black cloth boards. After his father has a serious stroke, screenwriter Cal returns home to the Yorkshire town where he grew up. Cal does not plan to stay long but finds himself intrigued by an incident that had taken place during the Miner's Strike of 1984. Investigating the incident, Cal gains a greater understanding of his father and his radical political beliefs. Location: RP1.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE HEART OF IT
• Publisher: MICHAEL JOESPH (PENGUIN GROUP), U.K
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718136403
• ISBN 13: 9780718136406
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: PETER SUTTON (COVER ILLUSTRATION)
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mainstream Fiction

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Synopsis

A successful scriptwriter in his early 40s returns to his home and his mining backgrounds when his father is taken ill with a stroke. Uneasily back with his family, he learns more about his father and the strikes of the 1980s, and finds solace with his sister-in-law. By the author of "Kes".