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Barry Unsworth was born in 1930 in Durham. He was the author of many novels, including Pascali's Island, which was shortlisted for the 1980 Booker Prize; Stone Virgin (1985); Sacred Hunger, which was joint winner of the 1992 Booker Prize; Morality Play, which was shortlisted for the 1995 Booker Prize; Losing Nelson (1999); The Songs of the King (2002); The Ruby in Her Navel (2006); Land of Marvels (2009); and The Quality of Mercy (2011), which was shortlisted for The Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. Barry Unsworth died in 2012.
It is accomplished, effective, exciting, and intelligent ... information is cunningly deployed, the pace is controlled: the mood of zealous desperation is heightened from page to page -- Hilary Mantel Sunday Times Wonderful -- Barbara Trapido Independent on Sunday Ingenious ... richly informative and sardonically entertaining -- Books Of The Year Sunday Times This truly excellent novel delves deep into the tragic side of hero-worship and heroism, and is a work of pathos and power Guardian Masterly Evening Standard
