Barry Hines

Barry Hines (1939–2016) was a British author best known for A Kestrel for a Knave, a classic of English literature that tells the story of a working-class boy in a Yorkshire mining town who finds purpose and beauty in training a wild kestrel. The novel was adapted into the acclaimed film Kes by Ken Loach. Hines's writing is spare, powerful and deeply compassionate, and the audiobook brings this essential English story to life for listeners.