New Shankly Book

[Stanley Leisure]

...author of The Damned United and the Red Riding Quartet.

 

Very excited about this, he's an excellent writer:

 

http://www.faber.co.uk/content/faber-to-publish-davidpeace-redordead

[AE]

The write up looks great.....

 

I have written about corruption, I've written about crime, I've written about bad men and I've written about the demons. But now I've had enough of the bad men and the demons. Now I want to write about a good man. And a saint. A Red Saint. Bill Shankly was not just a great football manager. Bill Shankly was one of the greatest men who ever lived

 

I'm sold.

[cymrococh]

Holy sh*t, this could be incredible.

[schmuckdonald]

That's amazing news.

[smithdown]

He's a red?

 

curiouser...

[Kahnee]

Gotta get him on TAW, surely

[Dan]

Oh class.

 

Is Peace a red then?

[Stevie H]

Oh class.

 

Is Peace a red then?

 

huddersfield.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/may/04/1

[Molby]

this should be the best football book ever written

 

 

has to be, given the author

[Stevie H]

am sure jostling is already taking place over who will play the lead in the movie adaptation. book could be something else though, have loved his previous stuff.

[JRC]

Oh class.

 

Is Peace a red then?

Not originally - when writing DU he spoke about going to Huddersfield Town - another Shankly club, of course - with his Dad as a youngster. Maybe he has become a Red since. Very excited about this book.

 

* I've posted on here before that I would love him to do for Hillsborough what he did for the Miners Strike, a 're-imagining'. GB84 is really, really powerful. The thematic correspondance with that work (Thatcher, SYP, media lies, corruption, demonisation of working classes ) and with the subject matter of DU (erm, Football, Clough tangentially) struck me as really apt.

[heighway]

Wow! Can't wait to read this.

[Kahnee]

am sure jostling is already taking place over who will play the lead in the movie adaptation. book could be something else though, have loved his previous stuff.

 

Think this one might be just beyond Michael Sheen

[dorgie]

Looking forward to this.

 

I wonder who'll play Shankly in the film adaptation

 

Edit : Just noticed Stevie H got there before me.

Edited January 15, 2013 by dorgie

[Cunny]

Holy Feck!

Peace is one my favourite authors. Cannot wait for this to be published.

[Molby]

Not originally - when writing DU he spoke about going to Huddersfield Town - another Shankly club, of course - with his Dad as a youngster. Maybe he has become a Red since. Very excited about this book.

 

* I've posted on here before that I would love him to do for Hillsborough what he did for the Miners Strike, a 're-imagining'. GB84 is really, really powerful. The thematic correspondance with that work (Thatcher, SYP, media lies, corruption, demonisation of working classes ) and with the subject matter of DU (erm, Football, Clough tangentially) struck me as really apt.

 

 

hell yes

 

 

am seeing a 3 hour film too, once the process of justice is more or less complete

[£440,000]

The bit he reads there is pretty brilliant.

[Ed the Wool]

My housemate when I was in Tokyo taught with him for a bit when he was a teacher out there and was trying to get the writing going.

 

A film would be fantastic wouldn't it. Trying to think who's be good for it. Pretty difficult to play someone that magnetic. Would they water down the accent, hope not, was part of the charm.

[Stanley Leisure]

If they do a film, which is more than likely, bet you Peter Mullan gets the gig:

 

[muleskinner]

good shout

[dorgie]

If they do a film, which is more than likely, bet you Peter Mullan gets the gig:

 

 

good shout

[matty]

am sure jostling is already taking place over who will play the lead in the movie adaptation. book could be something else though, have loved his previous stuff.

James Corden?

[David Hodgson]

If they do a film, which is more than likely, bet you Peter Mullan gets the gig:

 

 

Everyone's favourite paedo priest ? He's a shoe-in.

[Mike]

Ronnie Barker would have made a great Bob Paisley.

[Flight]

huddersfield.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/may/04/1

 

 

Should definitely get him on TAW then. He knows all about Ayre after what a disaster he was there.