Yorkshire, Inghilterra, 1974-1983. Il Nord del paese è un'allucinazione di miniere abbandonate, fabbriche abbandonate, fabbriche automatizzate, fabbriche come cattedrali, ciminiere più alte di campanili, cieli neri, orizzonti di cemento armato. Le sue città in rovina, misogine e brutali, sono un incubo di villette unifamiliari in cui si consumano esistenze senza luce, di edifici scuri nella pioggia fredda, di case vuote come teschi scarnificati. Magazzini come occhi, fabbriche come sguardi...

Part One of the critically acclaimed Red Riding seriesNow a Netflix series that is 'better than The Godfather' (Telegraph) - f****eaturing a star-studded cast including Andrew Garfield, Sean Bean, Paddy Considine and Rebecca HallJeanette Garland, missing Castleford, July 1969. Susan Ridyard, missing Rochdale, March 1972. Claire Kemplay, missing Morley, since yesterday. Christmas bombs and Lord Lucan on the run, Leeds United and the...

'Brilliant.' New York Times'Remarkable.' Irish TimesAugust 1946. One year on from surrender and Tokyo lies broken and bleeding at the feet of its American victors.Against this extraordinary historical backdrop, Tokyo Year Zero opens with the discovery of the bodies of two young women in Shiba Park. Against his wishes, Detective Minami is assigned to the case; as he gets drawn ever deeper into these comple...

One of The Week's Best novels of 2024From the acclaimed author of The Damned Utd, a novel of tragedy and renewal, inspired by one of the greatest disasters in the history of sports.In 1958, Manchester United was flying high: the best-known soccer team in the world and reigning English champions, the team was led by a bright young group of star players nicknamed the "Busby Babes" after their charismatic manager Matt Busby. But on a snowy aft...

Part Two of the critically acclaimed Red Riding seriesNow a Netflix series that is 'better than The Godfather' (Telegraph) - f****eaturing a star-studded cast including Andrew Garfield, Sean Bean, Paddy Considine and Rebecca HallIf you thought fiction couldn't get darker than David Peace's extraordinary debut, 1974, then think again. 1977, the second instalment of the Red Riding series, is one long nightmare. Its ...

«Loro sono la sua squadra. Il suo Leeds. Il suo sporco, maledetto Leeds e lo saranno sempre. Non la mia squadra. Mai. Non la mia. Mai. Non questa squadra. Mai.» Nel 1974 l'eccentrico Brian Clough accetta di allenare una delle più difficili squadre del campionato di calcio inglese: il Leeds United. Giocatori altezzosi, in cima alla classifica, ma aggressivi e scorretti. Disposti a tutto pur di vincere. Clough sa che non sarà semplice far funzionare le cose, eppure non rifiuta l'incarico e, ...

«Ascolta. Sente. Inspira. Fiuta. Osserva. Vede… Ferrovie. Strade. Montagne di scorie. Miniere abbandonate… Chiude gli occhi. Ricorda. Apre gli occhi. Vede… Manganelli. Scudi. Cavalli. Cani. Polvere. Sangue… Vittoria.» Gran Bretagna 1984. È l'anno dello sciopero dei minatori. Cinquantatré settimane che scandiscono l'ultima guerra civile inglese, l'ultimo epico atto della lotta di classe. Lo scontro frontale, violentissimo, tra il governo e i lavoratori inglesi diventa il simbolo di un'epoca...

The first installment of David Peace's electrifying Red Riding Quartet vividly brings to life a gritty, dangerous working class city tormented by a series of brutal murders. Nineteen Seventy-Four follows Eddie Dunford, the newly minted crime correspondent for the Yorkshire Post. His first story is about Clare Kemplay, a young girl recently found brutally murdered. While the police department and other crime reporters at the newspaper believe it's an isolated incid...

Stylish, riveting and appalling, GB84 is a shocking fictional documentation of the violence, sleaze and fraudulence that characterised Thatcher's Britain.Great Britain. 1984. The miners' strike. It is the closest Britain has come to civil war in fifty years, setting the government against the people.In his trademark visceral prose, Peace describes the insidious workings of the boardroom negotiations and the increasingly anarchic coalfield battles; the struggle for ...

**A TIMES, INDEPENDENT, FINANCIAL TIMES, AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR'A magnificent book. ' MIKE ATHERTON'Tender, atmospheric - and hopeful.' iNEWS'A masterpiece.' IRISH TIMES'Electrifying.' GUARDIANFrom the author of The Damned Utd and Red or Dead, an ext...

Part Three of the critically acclaimed Red Riding seriesNow a Netflix series that is 'better than The Godfather' (Telegraph) - f****eaturing a star-studded cast including Andrew Garfield, Sean Bean, Paddy Considine and Rebecca HallRed Riding Nineteen Eighty is set against an evolving backdrop of power, corruption and lies. The nightmare continues during the winter of 1980 when the Ripper murders his thirteenth victim and t...

David Peace's acclaimed Red Riding Quartet continues with this exhilarating follow-up to Nineteen Seventy-Four. It's summer in Leeds and the city is anxiously awaiting the Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Detective Bob Fraser and Jack Whitehead, a reporter at the Post, however, have other things on their minds-mainly the fact that someone is murdering prostitutes. The killer is quickly dubbed the “Yorkshire Ripper” and each man, on their own, works tirelessly to catch ...