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Its been several months since i promised to write this blog on sacred hunger, the book that shared the 1992 booker prize with the english patient. March 24, 2008 sacred hunger, a brutal portrait of human ruthlessness and redemption set on an 18th century slaving ship, inspired ethan canin to expand his ambitions as a writer. Sacred hunger is a stunning and engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed. A historical novel set in the eighteenth century, sacred hunger is a stunning, engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed in the british empire as it entered fully into the slave trade and spread it throughout its colonies. It shared the booker prize that year with michael ondaatjes the english patient the story is set in the mid 18th century and. This vast, vividly realistic historical novel follows sacred hunger kindle edition by barry unsworth.
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