David Peace was born in Ossett, West Yorkshire, U.K. in 1967. He currently lives in Tokyo. In 2003, Granta named him as one of its Best of Young British Novelists. The Red Riding Quartet - Nineteen Seventy Four, Nineteen Seventy Seven, Nineteen Eighty and Nineteen Eighty Three - chronicles in muscular and compulsive prose the sordidness of crime, corruption and murder amidst the fear and confusion of the Yorkshire Ripper killings.
David Peace Reihenfolge der Bücher
David Peace schreibt rohe, atmosphärische Romane, die sich mit den dunkleren Aspekten der menschlichen Psyche und Gesellschaft auseinandersetzen. Angetrieben von einer Faszination für das Verbrechen, erforscht seine Arbeit oft Themen wie Korruption, Verfall und Gewalt. Peace verwendet einen unverwechselbaren Stil und sorgfältig ausgearbeitete Schauplätze, um Spannung aufzubauen und den Leser in seine beunruhigenden Welten eintauchen zu lassen. Seine Prosa ist bekannt für ihre Intensität und ihre Fähigkeit, verborgene Wahrheiten unter der Oberfläche des Alltagslebens aufzudecken.






- 2024
- 2024
**AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**'Peace writes the boldest and most original British fiction of his generation.'RICHARD LLOYD PARRY, NEW YORK TIMES'Hypnotic.' GUARDIAN, on Red or Dead'Probably the best novel ever written about sport.' THE TIMES, on The Damned UtdFrom the author of[Bokinfo].
- 2021
Tokyo anno zero
- 440 Seiten
- 16 Lesestunden
- 2021
I'm The Fire Engine Driver
- 24 Seiten
- 1 Lesestunde
Today you're the fire engine driver! Enter a world of imaginative play and build early learning skills. Children will love using their imagination to pretend to use the fire engine's controls to switch on the siren and turn on the flashing lights! Encourages problem solving and teamwork, as well as recognition of colours, shapes, and numbers.
- 2021
I'm The Digger Driver
- 24 Seiten
- 1 Lesestunde
JUMP INTO THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO ENTER A WORLD OF IMAGINATIVE PLAY! With this new and innovative picture books series, children can race a fire engine to the rescue, build a house with a digger, and climb aboard a tractor to help out on the farm! Vehicle drivers on a building site have a very important job. They are in charge of the big machines that mix, dig, and lift. Now, it's your turn to be the driver! I'm the Digger Driver puts the reader in charge with a dashboard design across the bottom of each page—children will love using their imagination to pretend to use the vehicle’s controls. The narrative is embedded with key early learning concepts, and each book ends with a sense of achievement as the task is completed. • Inspires imaginative play and builds self-confidence by putting children in charge. • Encourages problem-solving and teamwork, as well as recognition of colors, shapes and numbers. • Children will love making their own sound effects, acting out real-life situations and spotting their favorite vehicles.
- 2021
Tokio, neue Stadt
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Tokio, 5. Juli 1949. Sadanori Shimoyama, Präsident der Nationalen Japanischen Eisenbahngesellschaft, verschwindet spurlos – einen Tag nachdem er die Entlassung von 30.000 Angestellten verkünden musste. Die amerikanischen Besatzer führen in dem kriegsversehrten, gedemütigten Land umfassende Reformen durch, ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste. Auf den Straßen herrschen Gewalt und Chaos, die Kommunisten gewinnen an Einfluss, was die Amerikaner mit allen Mitteln verhindern wollen. Detective Harry Sweeney aus der Abteilung für öffentliche Sicherheit leitet die Vermisstensuche, auf direkten Befehl von General MacArthurs Hauptquartier. Doch dann wird der verstümmelte Leichnam Shimoyamas gefunden. Der Präsident der Nationalen Eisenbahngesellschaft wurde von einem Zug überrollt. Hat er Selbstmord begangen, aus Verzweiflung darüber, Abertausend Menschen ins Elend zu stürzen? Oder waren die Kommunisten für seinen Tod verantwortlich? Der Krieg ist vorbei, aber die dunklen Schatten der Vergangenheit werden immer länger …
- 2020
IVF: All You Need To Know
- 288 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
Written by world-leading fertility experts and edited by mums who have undertaken multiple cycles of IVF and know what it takes to succeed, this guide advises you on the entire IVF process and how to maximise your chances of success. All IVF topics are covered, from how to choose your fertility clinic, to understanding the stages of an IVF cycle, to how to prepare yourself physically and emotionally for the treatment. Looks at how to optimise your nutrition and how to improve egg and sperm quality Examines the growing trends of egg freezing and donor-assisted IVF Shares real-life stories of a variety of IVF journeys and their inspiring outcomes Includes key contributions from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the UK's independent regulator for fertility treatment and researchIVF: All You Need to Know is an essential handbook for couples and individuals who are considering IVF, who want to find out what's involved, and who want to be as well prepared as they can be. It is also for those who may have already tried IVF, have experienced failed cycles and want to boost their chances of success next time around.
- 2018
Making Ballet American
- 288 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
Situating ballet within twentieth-century modernism, this book brings complexity to the history of George Balanchine's American neoclassicism. It intervenes in the prevailing historical narrative and rebalances Balanchine's role in dance history by revealing the complex social, cultural, and political forces that actually shaped the construction of American neoclassical ballet.
- 2018
In these twelve interconnected tales, David Peace—acclaimed author of the Red Riding Quartet, Occupied City, and Tokyo Year Zero—weaves fact and fiction as he takes up the brief but fiercely lived life of the early-twentieth-century Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Unique and offbeat, Patient X delves into Akutagawa’s rich and complicated private life: his fears and battles with mental illness; his complex reaction to the Westernization of Japan; his exacting creative process; and his suicide, weaving these facets into a hauntingly evocative portrait. But Patient X is more than a paean to one remarkable writer: it is also an incandescent exploration of the act and obsession of writing itself, and of the role of the artist in times that darkly mirror our own.
- 2014
GB84, English edition
- 480 Seiten
- 17 Lesestunden
David Peace turns his talents to the most wrenching and socially devastating struggle of the past half-century in Britain: the 1984 miner's strike, which set the government against the people.

