Jeanette 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 Bay City Rollers, The Exorcist and It Ain't Half Hot Mum. It's winter, 1974, Yorkshire, and Eddie Dunford's got the job he wanted - crime correspondent for the Yorkshire 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 into her back. In Nineteen Seventy Four , David Peace brings the passion and stylistic bravado of an Ellroy novel to this terrifyingly intense journey into a secret history of sexual obsession and greed, and starts a highly acclaimed crime series that has redefined how the genre is approached.
David Peace
David Peace is a British author known for his gritty crime novels that often explore real-life crimes and events. His most notable works include the Red Riding Quartet, which is a series of novels set in Yorkshire during the 1970s and 1980s, and "GB84," a novel about the 1984-85 miners' strike in Britain.
Peace's writing style is characterized by its dark and intense atmosphere, as well as its use of fragmented narrative and stream-of-consciousness techniques. He is known for his meticulous research and attention to detail, which adds a sense of realism to his work.
Peace's contributions to literature include pushing the boundaries of the crime genre and challenging traditional storytelling conventions. His work has been praised for its originality and boldness, and he has been recognized as a leading voice in contemporary British literature.
One of Peace's most famous works is "Nineteen Seventy-Four," the first novel in the Red Riding Quartet. This novel, along with the rest of the series, has been adapted into a successful television series, further solidifying Peace's reputation as a master of crime fiction.
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