[ebooktalk] Re: DEREK RAYMOND
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
- To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:05:08 +0100
Steve, I've not seen the movie but loved the book. Strangely, in the
acknowledgements at the end I found and recognised the name of the son of a
former boss of mine at the BBC. When I contacted him via google and email,
turned out he'd hung around a lot as a young lad with sports broadcaster Harry
Graysham and knew about behind the scenes at Elland Road and was able to give
David Peace the gen. but that's just another example of how small the world
can sometimes be.
On 23 Apr 2013, at 11:51, Steven Bingham wrote:
> Ian
>
> I'll have to give the Factory series ago.
>
> Thanks I searched high and low for the series title for the David Peace
> books and couldn't find it. As soon as I read it it came back Red Riding.
>
> I saw the film or TV of Damned United and enjoyed it but haven't got around
> to the book yet.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Ian Macrae
> Sent: 23 April 2013 11:02
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> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: DEREK RAYMOND
>
> 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
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Ian Macrae
>> Sent: 23 April 2013 08:44
>> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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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