**AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW** 'Peace writes the boldest and mostoriginal British fiction of his generation. ' RICHARD LLOYD PARRY, NEW YORKTIMES 'Hypnotic. ' GUARDIAN, on Red or Dead 'Probably the best novel everwritten about sport. ' THE TIMES, on The Damned Utd From the author of TheDamned Utd and Red or Dead, an extraordinary novel about Britain, sport andour collective past.

February 6, 1958, British European Airways Flight 609crashed on take-off at Munich Airport. On board were the young ManchesterUnited team, 'the Busby Babes', and the journalists who followed them. Twenty-one of the passengers died instantly, four were left fighting for theirlives while six more were critically injured.

Twenty-four hours later, JimmyMurphy, the assistant manager of Manchester United, faced the press at theRechts 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 toproduce 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 thestory of how Manchester United rose again, of the crash and its aftermath, ofthose 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.

'Profound . . . Abrilliant, brilliant book. ' DAVID WHITEHOUSE 'Luminous and illuminating, acompletely gripping. ' ASHLEY HICKSON-LOVENCE 'Powerful. ' TARIQ GODDARD


Format Häftad Språk Engelska Utgivningsdatum 2024-08-29 ISBN 9780571381166