Munichs

a novel

Munichs

a novel
David Peace
Book - 2024

In 1958, Manchester United was flying high: the best-known soccer team in the world and reigning English champions, the team was led by a bright young group of star players nicknamed the "Busby Babes" after their charismatic manager Matt Busby. But on a snowy afternoon that February, a plane carrying the team back from a European Cup match crashed on takeoff in Munich, killing 23 people--including eight Manchester United players and three team officials. The accident destroyed the team, traumatized fans all over the world, and devastated the tight-knit community in Manchester. In this hypnotic and deeply moving novel, renowned novelist David Peace reimagines the crash and its aftermath, dramatizing the deep scars it left on British society. Moving between the fictionalized voices of survivors, including players, their family members, and Busby himself, Munichs powerfully interprets the struggles of a team, a city, and a nation to recover and rise again.

Saved in:

Holdings -

South Hill

Barcode Status Material Type CallNumber
37413322284409 Checked out New Adult Fiction PEACE
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peace, David (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2024.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 i 4500
001 961179
008 241106t20242024nyu e 000 1 eng d
005 20241114192524.4
020 |a 9781324086260 
020 |a 1324086262 
035 |a (OCoLC)1467030399 
040 |a UWB  |b eng  |e rda  |c UWB  |d NBO  |d IUK  |d LE#  |d OCLCO 
049 |a UAGA 
082 0 4 |a 823/.914  |2 23/eng/20241112 
092 |a PEACE 
100 1 |a Peace, David,  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a Munichs :  |b a novel /  |c David Peace. 
250 |a First American edition. 
264 1 |a New York, NY :  |b W.W. Norton & Company,  |c 2024. 
264 4 |c Ã2024 
300 |a 464 pages :  |c 24 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a In 1958, Manchester United was flying high: the best-known soccer team in the world and reigning English champions, the team was led by a bright young group of star players nicknamed the "Busby Babes" after their charismatic manager Matt Busby. But on a snowy afternoon that February, a plane carrying the team back from a European Cup match crashed on takeoff in Munich, killing 23 people--including eight Manchester United players and three team officials. The accident destroyed the team, traumatized fans all over the world, and devastated the tight-knit community in Manchester. In this hypnotic and deeply moving novel, renowned novelist David Peace reimagines the crash and its aftermath, dramatizing the deep scars it left on British society. Moving between the fictionalized voices of survivors, including players, their family members, and Busby himself, Munichs powerfully interprets the struggles of a team, a city, and a nation to recover and rise again. 
610 2 0 |a Manchester United (Soccer team)  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Soccer teams  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Grief  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Psychic trauma  |v Fiction. 
655 7 |a Sports fiction.  |2 lcgft  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2015026110 
655 7 |a Historical fiction.  |2 lcgft  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026370 
994 |a C0  |b UAG 
999 f f |s 543c502f-8d91-44db-a109-5efe3df32efd  |i be7df43a-af08-422f-a908-9dca0f3bf461  |t 0 
952 f f |p Standard Circulation  |a City of Spokane  |b Spokane Public Library  |c Branches  |d South Hill  |t 0  |e PEACE  |i New Adult Fiction  |m 37413322284409