The Damned Utd

Author biography

David Peace is the author of The Red Riding Quartet and was chosen as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists in 2003. In 2004 he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel GB84. Tokyo Year Zero, the first book of his Tokyo Trilogy, was published in 2007. He lives in Tokyo with his wife and two children.

Further Praise for The Damned United:

‘The strangest, most compelling football novel ever written.’ Nick Rennison, Sunday Times

‘An extraordinarily gripping portrait of Brian Clough at his peak, it is surely the best football book ever written.’ Dominic Sandbrook, Books of the Year, Evening Standard

‘Incomparable … a brilliant novel … Peace’s work might be fiction, but its reading of the paranoia, incompetence and venality at large in football’s corridors of power is almost painful in its accuracy.’ Jim White, Books of the Year, Daily Telegraph

‘The most compelling football book of 2006 … Shakespearean in its scale, ambition, depth and elements of tragedy, farce and betrayal.’ Phil Shaw, Books of the Year, Independent

‘Now this, young man, is what you call an exceptional football book, as bold, brilliant and unconventional as Brian Clough himself, whose voice is vividly brought back to life … It is a great story grippingly revived.’ Matt Dickinson, Books of the Year, The Times

‘This was an exceptional year in that it produced the best football novel. Ever. David Peace’s meticulous recreation of Brian Clough’s 44 days at Leeds United has power, authenticity and drama.’ Hugh MacDonald, Sports Books of the Year, The Herald