GB84 :The classic novel about the miners' strike
GB84 :The classic novel about the miners' strike
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Published:
6 March, 2014
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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 influence in government and the dwindling powers of the NUM; and the corruption, intrigue and dirty tricks which run through the whole like a fault in a seam of coal.
David Peace has written a novel extraordinary in its reach, and unflinching in its capacity to recreate the brutality and passion that changed the course of British history in the late twentieth century.
'A genuine British original.' Guardian
'Peace is a writer of such immense talent and power . . . If Northern noir is the crime fashion of the moment, Peace is its most brilliant designer.' The Times
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780571314874 |
| ISBN10 | 0571314872 |
| Number Of Pages | 480 |
| Item Weight | 365 g |
| Product Dimensions | 126 x 199 x 27 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Faber & Faber |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
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Author's Bio
David Peace - named in 2003 as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists - was born and brought up in Yorkshire. He is the author of eleven novels including the Red Riding Quartet, adapted for television by Channel Four in 2009, The Damned Utd, Red or Dead, which was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize in 2013, and Tokyo Redux. His new novel, Munichs, will be published in Autumn 2024. He lives in Tokyo.