An Evening With David Peace
Join David Peace as he discusses his stunning new book, Munichs, at Waterstones Argyle Street on Thursday 10th October.
About An Evening With David Peace
| 10th October 2024 | |
| 7pm | |
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Waterstones Argyle Street 174-176 Argyle Street, Glasgow City Centre G2 8BT |
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| £22 for entry with a copy of Munichs / £5 General Admission | |
| Visit the event website here | |
Join David Peace as he discusses his stunning new book, Munichs, a return to the footballing ground of Red Or Dead and The Damned Utd and a look at the human and sporting consequences of the 1958 airplane disaster that destroyed Manchester United FC and their subsequent from its devastation.
David will discuss the intersections of sport and literature, the attraction of football, reimagining realm events in fiction, and more in what promises to be a truly special evening, before signing your books!
Munichs
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. Twenty-four hours later, Jimmy Murphy, the assistant manager of Manchester United, faced the press at the Rechts der Isar Hospital:
'What of the future, you ask? It will be a long, hard struggle. It took Matt Busby, Bert Whalley and myself twelve years to produce the 1958 Red Devils. It was long, hard, tiring work, but we succeeded. At the moment, I am so confused, so tired and so sad, I cannot think clearly, but what I do know is that the Red Devils will rise again.'
Munichs is the story of how Manchester United rose again, 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.
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