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Munichs

David Peace

From the acclaimed and prize-winning author of The Damned Utd and Red or Dead comes another extraordinary novel about Britain, sport and the formative scars of our collective past.

£9.99
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780571381173
Date Published
27.02.2025
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Summary

A TIMES, INDEPENDENT, FINANCIAL TIMES, AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR

A magnificent book.MIKE ATHERTON
‘Tender, atmospheric – and hopeful.’ iNEWS
‘A masterpiece.’ IRISH TIMES
‘Electrifying.’ GUARDIAN

From the author of The Damned Utd and Red or Dead, an extraordinary novel about Britain, sport and our collective past.

February 6, 1958, British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on take-off at Munich Airport. On board were the young Manchester United team, ‘the Busby Babes’, and the journalists who followed them. Twenty-one of the passengers died instantly, four were left fighting for their lives while six more were critically injured.

Munichs is the story of the crash and its aftermath, of those who survived and those who did not, of how Britain and football changed, and how it did not; a novel of tragedy, but also of hope.

‘Profound . . . A brilliant, brilliant book.’ DAVID WHITEHOUSE
‘Luminous and illuminating . . . completely gripping.’ ASHLEY HICKSON-LOVENCE
‘Powerful.’ TARIQ GODDARD

Readers loved Munichs:

‘A brilliant read that provokes so many emotions. Superbly captured the grief of a city and indeed a nation.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A phenomenal read. It’s for everyone regardless of football allegiances – totally brilliant!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A gripping and intense from beginning to end, evoking a profound sense of heartbreak. Powerful and moving.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Astonishing. The grief, the sadness, the guilt and the turmoil. It’s all here. A brilliant read.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Critic Reviews

Munichs sticks to the historical record while tugging on emotions in the way only fiction can . . . Peace elevates a black-and-white story into colour, like the flowers of Manchester against the Munich snow.

The Times, ‘Best Sports Books of 24’
Critic Reviews

No one writes about British footballing history like David Peace . . . Peace explores the shockwaves of the tragedy, shifting perspectives from the players’ families to the survivors to the management grappling with the team’s future. A masterpiece.

Independent, Best Historical Fiction Books of 2024
Critic Reviews

A devastating depiction of the quotidian, ordinary details of tragedy and loss . . . Quite exceptional.

Daily Mail
Critic Reviews

Haunting but full of love . . . Touching on profound themes such as greatness, loss, grief, friendship, resilience and the meaning of sport, Munichs does that, and more. A magnificent book.

Mike Atherton, The Times
Critic Reviews

Perhaps more than any other living British writer, and certainly with more determined invention, Peace clearly understands his role and responsibility as a serious chronicler of 20th-century social history.

Spectator
Critic Reviews

David Peace is the William Faulkner of the M62. Like the great novelist of the American South, he has created a body of work centred on a relatively small geographical area that, despite being far removed from its seat of power, somehow feels like the seat of the nation’s soul. And, like Faulkner, he has employed incantatory vernacular prose to give voice to the people who live there, elevating their traumas and tragedies to the level of the mythic . . . the work of a writer at his peak.

TLS
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David Peace – named in 2003 as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists – was born and brought up in Yorkshire. He is the author of twelve novels including the Red Riding Quartet, adapted for television by Channel Four in 2009, GB84, which was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, The Damned Utd, The Tokyo Trilogy, Red…

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Portrait of author David Peace