Sacred Hunger -- Barry Unsworth, Paperback

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Sacred Hunger -- Barry Unsworth, PaperbackWinner of the Booker Prize Liverpool, 1752. William Kemp has lost a fortune in cotton speculation, and must recoup his losses if his son is to marry the wealthy woman whom he loves. His last resort is a slave ship, one that will take him to the Guinea coast, where he will trade for human cargo, then embark on the infamous Middle Passage. When disease ravages the ship and the African prisoners mutiny, William's profit seeking venture falls apart.

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