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17 produkter
Happy Like Murderers
Av Gordon Burn
Häftad, 2019
166 kr
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'The definitive and ultimate book about Fred and Rosemary West.' Lisa JewellIn this controversial and seminal work of reportage, Gordon Burn reveals the strange inner dynamic of Fred and Rosemary West's relationship. Based on meticulous research, this dark history is told in a powerful, compelling …
Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son
The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper
Av Gordon Burn
E-bok, 2011
119 kr
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It seemed the case of the notorious Yorkshire Ripper was finally closed when Peter Sutcliffe was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1981. But in the early 1980s Gordon Burn spent three years living in Sutcliffe's home town of Bingley, researching his life. A modern classic, Somebody's Husband, …
Sex & Violence, Death & Silence
Encounters with Recent Art
Av Gordon Burn
E-bok, 2019
132 kr
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'The Pop artists were among the first to understand the desire of consumers to change their lives through the purchase of clean, manufactured commodities. YBA, on the other hand, was more interested in the dirt that accrues beneath the laminate surface of shiny things. Their special perception was …
Happy Like Murderers
Av Gordon Burn
E-bok, 2011
91 kr
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'The definitive and ultimate book about Fred and Rosemary West.' Lisa JewellIn this controversial and seminal work of reportage, Gordon Burn reveals the strange inner dynamic of Fred and Rosemary West's relationship. Based on meticulous research, this dark history is told in a powerful, compelling …
Best and Edwards
Av Gordon Burn
E-bok, 2011
121 kr
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'The hero is the creature other people would like to be. Edwards was such a man, and he enabled people to respect themselves more.' By the mid-fifties Manchester United had caught the imagination of the country. Duncan Edwards played his first game for the club at the age of fifteen years and eight …
Pocket Money
Av Gordon Burn
E-bok, 2019
137 kr
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Following the 1985 final between Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis, Britain found itself in the grip of a new sporting obsession. Snooker, or 'Coronation Street with balls', was suddenly big business and 1986 was set to be a crucial year. In one corner was Barry Hearn and his Romford Mafia - Davis, …
Born Yesterday
The News as a Novel
Av Gordon Burn
E-bok, 2011
115 kr
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Summer 2007 was an extraordinarily rich time for news. Floods. Foot and mouth. The disappearances of Tony Blair and Madeleine McCann. The arrival of Gordon Brown. Terror attacks in Glasgow. And Gordon Burn, artist, journalist and true-crime author, has taken the events from this bleak summer and …
North of England Home Service
Av Gordon Burn
E-bok, 2011
115 kr
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Spring 2001, and the countryside of the North East of England resembles Fitzgerald's 'valley of ashes': the air is choked with the stench and smoke of the pyres which are burning in an attempt to contain the epidemic of foot and mouth disease.After forty years away, Ray Cruddas, a comedian with a …
Alma Cogan
Av Gordon Burn
E-bok, 2011
115 kr
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How does it feel to be never allowed to die? In his classic début novel, Gordon Burn takes Britain's biggest selling vocalist of the 1950s and turns her story into an equation of celebrity and murder. Fictional characters jostle for space with real life stars - from John Lennon to Doris Day and …
Fullalove
Av Gordon Burn
E-bok, 2011
115 kr
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Norman Miller used to be one of Fleet Street's finest. Now he's a middle-aged, burned-out hack with a gift for the sensational story, the shouting tabloid lead. But as he reports on a series of brutal murders and sex crimes, he's forced to wonder whether he is just a witness - or part of some …
Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son
The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper
Av Gordon Burn
Häftad, 2019
142 kr
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It seemed the case of the notorious Yorkshire Ripper was finally closed when Peter Sutcliffe was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1981. But in the early 1980s, Gordon Burn spent three years living in Sutcliffe's home town of Bingley, researching his life. Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son offers …
Alma Cogan
Av Gordon Burn
Häftad, 2019
126 kr
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Winner of the Whitbread Best First Novel of the YearIn his classic debut novel, Gordon Burn takes Britain's biggest selling vocalist of the 1950s and turns her story into an equation of celebrity and murder. Fictional characters jostle for space with real life stars - from John Lennon to Doris Day …
Pocket Money
Av Gordon Burn
Häftad, 2020
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
170 kr
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'A classic.' Frank Keating, Guardian'Unputdownable.' The FaceFeatures a new introduction by Stuart EversFollowing the 1985 final between Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis, Britain found itself in the grip of a new sporting obsession. Snooker, or 'Coronation Street with balls', was suddenly big business …
Fullalove
Av Gordon Burn
Häftad, 2020
130 kr
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'One of the landmark novels of the last decade.' GuardianFeatures a new introduction by William BoydNorman Miller used to be one of Fleet Street's finest. Now he's a middle-aged, burned-out hack with a gift for the sensational story, the shouting tabloid lead. But as he reports on a series of …
Born Yesterday
The News as a Novel
Av Gordon Burn
Häftad, 2019
130 kr
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Born Yesterday does what the media do every day: blurring the boundaries between what is real and what has been invented. In 2007, Gordon Burn took the extraordinary news headlines from that year, and wove the strands together into an essential story for our time. The characters of these …
Best and Edwards
Av Gordon Burn
Häftad, 2020
128 kr
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'Immaculately written, inspiring, sad and elegiac.' Daily TelegraphWith a new introduction by David PeaceDuncan Edwards played his first game for Manchester United at the age of fifteen and Walter Winterbottom, then England manager, called him 'the spirit of British football'. On £15-a-week, …
North of England Home Service
Av Gordon Burn
Häftad, 2020
130 kr
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'Extraordinary, funny, tender, poetic . . . The story that emerges is Britain's.' Times Literary SupplementWith a new introduction by George ShawIn a forensic dissection of Britain's souring landscape Gordon Burn tells the tale of Ray Cruddas, a light entertainer effecting a semi-dignified retreat …
