Barry Unsworth
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Barry Unsworth FRSL was an English writer known for his historical fiction. He published 17 novels, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, winning once for the 1992 novel Sacred Hunger.
Barry Unsworth
Pascali's Island (novel)
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Pascali's Island is a novel by Barry Unsworth, first published in 1979. The first United States publication of the book by Simon & Schuster in 1980 was titled The Idol Hunter.
Barry Unsworth
…1960s, lecturing at the University of Athens and the University of Istanbul. His novels about fin-de-siecle Ottoman Empire, The Rage of the Vulture and Pascali's Island, were inspired by these experiences. He published his first novel in 1966, his second novel, The Greeks Have a Word For It, was an outgrowth of his…
First edition (UK)