The Damned Utd

By: David Peace

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Paperback | 1 June 2007 | Edition Number 1

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368 Pages

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19.8 x 12.7 x 196

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The hugely acclaimed novel of '70s football and the turmoil of the game's most charismatic and controversial manager.

1974 was the year Britain had two general elections and there was great uncertainty in the air. Overachieving and eccentric football manager Brian Clough was on his way to take over at one of the country's most successful, and most reviled football club: Leeds United, home to a generation of fiercely competitive but ageing players. Cloughie knows if this is to work, it will have to work his way. His successes, his triumphs and his trophies count for nothing in this godforsaken corner of West Yorkshire. But his dreams, as well as that of his fellow countrymen, are not well starred. David Peace's extraordinarily inventive novel tells the story of a world characterised by fear of failure and hunger for success set in the bleak heart of the 1970s.

About the Author

David Peace was born in Yorkshire. He is the author of The Red Riding Quartet as well as GB84 and was included on Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2003.

Industry Reviews

"'The most extraordinary novel about football yet to appear.' Tim Martin, Independent on Sunday"

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