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Biography

Name: Barry (Forster) Unsworth
Variant Name: Barry Unsworth, Barry Forster Unsworth, Barry (Foster) Unsworth
Birth Date: August 10, 1930
Nationality: British
Gender: Male

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Biography of Barry (Forster) Unsworth
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In the twelve novels he has published since 1966 Barry Unsworth has explored his stated interest in "moral complexities and ambiguities" in a wide variety of genres and settings. Several of his books have been primarily comic or have mixed serious...


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Barry Unsworth (born August 8 1930) is a British novelist who is known for novels with historical themes. He has published 14 novels, and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, winning once for the 1992 novel Sacred Hunger. Unsworth was...


Criticism and Essays
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Critical Review by Anatole Broyard
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In the following review, Broyard compares Unsworth's The Big Day to MacDonald Harris' Yukiko. Though his critical evaluation focuses more on Yukiko, Broyard uses it to illustrate why he finds The Big Day a disappointing follow-up to Mooncranker's Gift.
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Critical Review by Richard Eder
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In the following review, Eder considers After Hannibal a "dazzling" exploration of history, greed, and betrayal.
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Critical Review by Janet Burroway
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In the following review, Burroway cites minor flaws in Morality Play, but otherwise praises the novel's deft universality of theme.
 


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