SUMMARY: Billy, the younger son of a miner's family living in poverty in the North of England, hated by his teachers, peers and brother, has no interests other than petty crime until he reads a book on falconry. The young kestrelhe stealsfrom its nest and trains is his only friend and obesson, until his brother kills it in an act ofpetty spitefulness
Analysis
Fiction in English, 1900- Texts
Notes
Originally published: as 'A kestrel for a knave'. 1968
