I haven't read the books and don't know a huge amount about
him, but I have bought 2 or 3 of them and am intending to try
them, although there is something which puts me off starting.
The books are set in my hometown, Leeds in the north of
England, where there was a particularly infamous serial
killer case, the Yorkshire Ripper, and this is in some way
the inspiration of the novels. I grew up with the backdrop of
that case, though I only remember being really conscious
about the last murder which was close to where my father
lived and of a student. I'm always very wary of reading
serial killer novels and usually only pick them up if I feel
I know something about the author. There was a lot of media
attention throughout the case but with variations in tone
according to whether the victims were prostitutes or
apparently respectable. The police actually interviewed Peter
Sutcliffe, later convicted of being the Yorkshire Ripper,
several times.
I bought these because they're set in my hometown and
inspired by something I know about. I'm put off reading them
for the same reasons.
I heard David Peace speak at Crime Scene a couple of years
ago - I think he cited Jilly Cooper as one of the authors he
enjoyed reading when he was younger along with more
predictable hardboiled crime writers. I may search out my
writeup from then and see if there's any more info!
Luci
>> I came across two books by David Peace, British
author:
'Nineteen Seventy Four' (1999) and 'Nineteen Seventy
Seven'(2001), both part of his 'Red Riding Quartet'. I'm not
sure about the two that follow in the series (1980 and
1983).
It's a kind of crime chronicle for West Yorkshire (Northern
part of England). The style is somewhat under Ellroy
influence, but we could say that some of the moods and point
of views are close to Derek Raymond's approach.
I know very little about David Peace: he's British
(originated from WY, of course) and apparently he lives now
in Japan. I probably overlooked the information available
about this writer, but I do not remember anything more. Could
somebody of R-A give a hand?
E.Borgers
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