Hello list.
While on my hols I thought I'd lighten the mood of despair
that hung over the North Waleian mountains by immersing
myself in the nightmare that was Yorkshire in 1980 - serial
murder, police corruption, heavy drinking and porn and the
like. I heartily reccomend 1980 by David Peace - now with
jacket praise from Mr Pellecanos. It's the third in his
Yorkshire quartet, all date names, which I can't remember.
Sadly, as it was so long since I'd read the preceeding novel,
which was borrowed, I'm pretty sure I missed some reccurrent
plot points, but was again knocked out by his superb dark
writing and very real nightmare view of a specific part of
the UK. In the previous novel, I thought he took his
Ellroyesque stream of thought writing too far, here he seems
to have reigned it in. A superb and super noir read - being
my age and nationality it had particular resonance as I
remember the period in question and the nation-wide pall cast
by the Yorkshire Ripper. I'm sure non-UK readers will also
love it. In my opinion the best current Brit crime
author.
Oh, yeah and it rained a lot in Wales as well! Iach y da all
Colin
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