Red Riding 1977 by David Peace
If you thought fiction couldn't get darker than David Peace's extraordinary debut, Nineteen Seventy Four, then think again. Nineteen Seventy Seven, the second instalment of the ?Red Riding Quartet?, is one long noir nightmare. Its heroes - the half decent copper Bof Fraser and the burnt-out hack Jack Whitehead - 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 whores. And as the summer moves remorselessly towards the bonfires of Jubilee Night, the killings accelerate and it seems as if Fraser and Whitehead are the only men who suspect or care that there may be more than one killer at large. Out of the horror of true crime David Peace has fashioned a work of terrible beauty. Like James Ellroy before him, David Peace tells us the true and fearsome secret history of our times.
?Quite simply, this is the future of British crime fiction.. the finest work of literature I?ve read this year - and its ending is as extraordinary and original as what precedes it? Time Out ?The finest work of fiction this year? Time Out ?Peace has single-handedly established the genre of Yorkshire Noir, and mightily satisfying it is. Nineteen Seventy Seven is a must-read thriller' Yorkshire Post ?Peace?s policemen rape prostitutes they are meant to be protecting, torture suspects they know cannot be guilty and reap the profits of organised vice. Peace?s powerful novel exposes a side of life which most of us would prefer to ignore? Daily Mail
David Peace grew up in Yorkshire in the '70's and vividly remembers listening to the hoax tape of the Yorkshire Ripper on his way home from school. He was selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2003. He lives in Japan.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852427443 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852427442 |
| Title | Red Riding 1977 |
| Author | David Peace |
| Series | The Red Riding Quartet |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-07-12 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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