NO WAY BUT GENTLENESSE (PB)

Born and raised in the South Yorkshire mining village of Hoyland Common, Richard Hines remembers heaps of coal dust, listening out for the colliery siren at the end of shifts and praying for his father's safe return. It seemed all too likely that he would follow in his father's footsteps and end up working in the pits. Then, one morning, he came across a nest of kestrels… Richard's experiences with kestrels inspired Barry's classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave.