
David Peace
Katy Shaw(Author)
Liverpool University Press
Will be published approx. on 28. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-80596-734-7 (ISBN)
Description
As a Northern Ballard and the father of 'Yorkshire noir', David Peace offers the twenty-first-century reader unique novelized histories of events we think we know well. This new study provides a comprehensive introduction to the author and an overview of the debates surrounding his work to date. Approaching Peace in the context of a British social realist tradition, Katy Shaw presents and examines a new chronology of his work, moving from the Ripper and the UK miners' strike to Leeds United and twentieth-century Tokyo. Offering the first analysis of adaptations of Peace's writings for the screen and stage, and featuring an exclusive interview with the author reflecting on two decades of writing, this book is a must-read for students, critics and fans alike.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
222 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80596-734-7 (9781805967347)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Katy Shaw is Professor of Twenty-First-Century Writings at Northumbria University.
Content
Biographical Outline
Introduction: David Peace and His Work
Rape and Rhubarb Redux: *The Red Riding Quartet* (1999-2002)
Strikes and Strikers: *GB84* (2004) and *The Damned United* (2006)
Acid Shanklyism: *Red or Dead* (2013)
Authorial Afterlives: *Patient X* (2018)
We Are All Ghosts Now: *The Tokyo Trilogy* (2007-2021)
Conclusion: Conversations with the Future: *Munichs* (2024)
Introduction: David Peace and His Work
Rape and Rhubarb Redux: *The Red Riding Quartet* (1999-2002)
Strikes and Strikers: *GB84* (2004) and *The Damned United* (2006)
Acid Shanklyism: *Red or Dead* (2013)
Authorial Afterlives: *Patient X* (2018)
We Are All Ghosts Now: *The Tokyo Trilogy* (2007-2021)
Conclusion: Conversations with the Future: *Munichs* (2024)