The Story Behind the Writes of Peace ; Best-Selling Author David Peace has Made a Career of Turning Fact Into Fiction. He Talks Murder, Mystery and Brian Clough to Laura Davis
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BOXES of documents detailing 1970s murders and photocopied newspaper clippings surround the desk where David Peace hand-writes his novels in lined exercise books.
The best-selling author has returned to his Yorkshire home to write a series about Japan, having spent 15 years in Japan writing about Yorkshire.See the full content of this document
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The Story Behind the Writes of Peace ; Best-Selling Author David Peace has Made a Career of Turning Fact Into Fiction. He Talks Murder, Mystery and Brian Clough to Laura Davis
There he penned the Damned United, about football manager Brian Clough's 44 days with Leeds; the Red Riding quartet, crime stories with the Ripper murders as a backdrop; and GB84 about the Miners' Strike.
"The distance gave me perspective," says Peace, who is appearing at the Shell Chester Literature Festival later th...See the full content of this document
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