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| 1974 (Paperback – Second-hand) |
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Full blurb:
It’s winter, 1974, Yorkshire. Christmas bombs and Lord Lucan on the run, Leeds United and the Bay City Rollers, The Exorcist and It Ain’t Half Hot Mum. Eddie Dunford’s got the job he wanted. Crime correspondent for the Evening Post. He didn’t know it was going to be a season in hell. A dead little girl with a swan’s wings stitched to her back. A gypsy camp in a ring of fire. Corruption everywhere you look.
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First page first lines:
‘All we ever get is Lord fucking Lucan and wingless bloody crows,’ smiled Gilman, like this was the best day of our lives: Friday 13 December 1974. Waiting for my first front Page, the Byline Boy at last: Edward Dunford, North of England Crime Correspondent; two days too fucking late’...
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Category: Novel
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Author: David Peace
David Peace was chosen as one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists in 2003. In 2004 he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his fifth novel, GB84, and, most recently, his highly acclaimed fictional portrait of Brian Clough, The Damned Utd, was described in The Times as ‘probably the best novel ever written about sport.’ He lived in Tokyo for around 13 years before returning to his native Yorkshire, the setting for The Red Riding Quartet.
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Publisher: Serpent's Tail
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Reviews:
‘Quite simply, this is the future of British crime fiction.’ – Time Out.
‘Peace has found his own voice – full of dazzling, intense poetry and visceral violence.’ – Uncut.
‘Stunning... a brilliant first novel, written with tremendous pace and passion.’ – Yorkshire Post.
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| Book code: BTD048 |
| Price: GBP £ 2.50 |
| USD $ 4.00 |
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