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2 unusual facts about David Peace


Fitzwilliam, West Yorkshire

The village also plays a large role in the crime novel Nineteen Seventy Four, in which it is introduced in a list of "hard towns for hard men" and then later referred to as "a dirty brown mining town" and "where the night comes early and nowt nothing feels right, where the kids kill cats and the men kill kids".

The Death of Bunny Munro

Irvine Welsh, Neil Labute and David Peace have all touted the novel - providing back-cover reviews.


Pit village

The depopulation of Fitzwilliam, West Yorkshire which saw around a third of its housing left unoccupied, was brought into culture by a song by Chumbawamba and David Peace's novel Nineteen Seventy Four.

Serpent's Tail

The imprint is known for publishing debuts - notables include Colm Toibin's The South, Michel Houellebecq's Whatever and David Peace's Nineteen Seventy-Four.


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