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| 1977 (Paperback – Second-hand) |
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Full blurb:
The half-way decent copper, Bob Fraser and the burnt-out hack, Jack Whitehead – 1977’s heroes – would be considered villains in most people’s books. Fraser and Whitehead have one thing in common though – they’re both desperate men dangerously in love with Chapeltown prostitutes. As the summer moves remorselessly towards the bonfires of Jubilee Night, the Ripper killings accelerate and it seems as if Fraser and Whitehead are the only men who care that there may be more than one killer at large.
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First page first lines:
‘Leeds. Sunday 29 May 1977. It’s happening again. When the two sevens clash... Burning unmarked rubber through another hot dawn to another ancient park with her secret dead, from Potter’s Field to Soldier’s Field, parks giving up their ghosts, it’s happening all over again’...
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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:
‘The finest work of literature I’ve read this year... extraordinary and original.’ – Time Out.
‘British crime fiction’s most exciting new voice in decades.’ – GQ.
‘Simply superb... Peace is a masterful storyteller, and 1977 is impossible to put down... a must-read.’ – Yorkshire Post.
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| Book code: BTD049 |
| Price: GBP £ 2.50 |
| USD $ 4.00 |
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