The gamekeeper
Hines, Barry, 1939-2022
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George 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 and he must ensure that the poachers who sneak onto the land in search of food do not. Season by season, over the course of a year, George makes his rounds. He is not a romantic hero. He is a labourer, who knows the natural world well and sees it without sentimentality.
Main title:
The gamekeeper / Barry Hines.
Author:
Edition:
[New edition] / with an introduction by John Berger.
Imprint:
Sheffield : And Other Stories, 2022.Sheffield : And Other Stories, 2022.
Collation:
301 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Michael Joseph, 1975.
ISBN:
9781913505301 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
2623355