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Nov 27, 2024 | 
bookreporter.com | David Peace
Life and death are the bookends of existence. Death is inevitable, yet its arrival is often random. On February 6, 1958, members of the Manchester United Football Club are intent on flying home after a match in Yugoslavia. After a brief stop in Munich, their British European Airways flight is set to take off. Despite two aborted attempts, the pilot tries a third time.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
kansascity.com | David Peace
Munich is notorious as a backdrop for historical events - the ascent of the Third Reich, the slaughter of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympics - but a lesser-known tragedy dominates David Peace's electrifying novel, "Munichs."It's the crash of a chartered propeller plane on February 6, 1958, just after a blizzardy take-off, killing 23 of its 44 passengers and crew, including members of Manchester United's famed soccer team.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
startribune.com | David Peace
Munich is notorious as a backdrop for historical events — the ascent of the Third Reich, the slaughter of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympics — but a lesser-known tragedy dominates David Peace’s electrifying novel, “Munichs.”It’s the crash of a chartered propeller plane on February 6, 1958, just after a blizzardy take-off, killing 23 of its 44 passengers and crew, including members of Manchester United’s famed soccer team.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
news.williamhill.com | Harry Edward |Kelly Holmes |Conor Niland |David Peace
Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes is among the six authors shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2024. Holmes’ memoir Unique provides a fascinating insight into the British athlete’s private life, from her early career in the military to reaching the pinnacle of her sport, while concealing her identity as a gay woman until publicly coming out in 2022 at the age of 52.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
lesen.de | Ana Huang |Philippe Besson |Sally Rooney |David Peace
The new must-read steamy sports romance from Ana Huang, the bestselling author of the Twisted and Kings of Sin series. She's the only woman he wants . . . and the only one he can't have. Asher Donovan is a living legend - the darling of the Premier League, the (arguably) greatest footballer in the world.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
lesen.de | Philippe Besson |Sally Rooney |David Peace |Richard Powers
Winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Publisher's Weekly • Buzzfeed • Entertainment Weekly • Time • Wall Street Journal • Bustle • Elle • The Economist • Slate • The Huffington Post • The St. Louis Dispatch • Electric Literature Featured in the New York Times selection of "15 remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write fiction in the 21st century" A beautiful, unsettling novel...
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
lesen.de | Denzil Meyrick |David Peace |James Patterson |Ben Aaronovitch
In a village of lies, death comes with the snow... A dazzling Christmas murder mystery from the No. 1 bestselling author of the DCI Daley series. 'A quintessential slice of Yuletide murder mystery' Sun'The feel-good factor is off the scale' The Times'A fun book. Playful. One to make you smile' Stuart MacBrideA village of secrets. It's December 1952, and a dead stranger has been found lodged up the chimney of Holly House in the snow-covered town of Elderby. Is he a simple thief, or a would-be killer?
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
ultimouomo.com | David Peace
Di seguito trovate un estratto di "Monaco 1958", il nuovo libro di David Peace, edito dal Saggiatore, sul disastro aereo che nel 1958 distrusse buona parte del Manchester United, traumatizzando a vita i superstiti. Se volete acquistare il libro potete farlo cliccando qui.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
politicshome.com | David Peace
4 min read
David Peace has produced a compelling account of the Munich air disaster and its aftermath
I was 10 years old, born and bred in Manchester, already a devoted fan of Manchester United and the Busby Babes. It was 10.30pm on a cold, wet, Manchester evening in February 1958. My brother shook me awake. The coffins have arrived in Manchester, he said – and are being driven past the end of our road.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
msn.com | David Peace
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