Nathan Cain wrote:
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> I'm in the middle of the first book of David Peace's 1974, and I've
> got a question. The Red Riding Quartet, of which 1974 is the first
> book, is billed as being set against the backdrop of the real life
> Yorkshire Ripper murders, so I did a little reading about that before
> I got too far into the book. So far, however, the events of 1974 seem
> entirely fictional, as they have to do with child murders and the
> ripper seems to have been a prostitute killer. I Googled the name
> Clare Kemplay, the little girl whose murder drives the book, and the
> only hits I got related to 1974, so I'm guessing at this point that
> this book is not based on a true case and the Ripper stuff comes in
> later in the series. Am I correct?
>
Yes, quite correct. The Ripper murders feature in all the remaining
three books but not in 1974 (though characters from 1974 reappear in the
later books).
John
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