[ebooktalk] Re: DEREK RAYMOND
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
- To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:02:15 +0100
Steve, having read that Red Riding series, I can see the similarity. However,
the factory novels are written in the first person and are somehow more gritty
and less surreal than the Peace books. but on the subject of david Peace, I
very much enjoyed The Damned United.
On 23 Apr 2013, at 10:56, Steven Bingham wrote:
> Ian
>
> This sounds a bit like the David Peace series of 1974, 1977, 1980 and 1983.
> Just giving years as the title doesn't give much away. The bookis are
> loosely based on the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, but are
> full of bent copies coppers, dodgy journalists and conspiracy galore.
>
> Very good but rather disturbing reads.
>
> Steve
>
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> Subject: [ebooktalk] DEREK RAYMOND
>
> A circular email from another list to which I belong has reminded me of the
> Factory novels by this strange and slightly disturbing author. Their
> central character is a very dodgy member of the London Met police in the
> 1980s. There are four books in the series, the first of which is called He
> Died with His eyes Open and the last is My Name is Doris Waters. Very
> interesting reads but be warned, these are not your average police
> procedurals. It's also worth googling the author to find out more about his
> strange life.
>
>
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