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David Peace | 368 pages | 05 Apr 2007 | FABER & FABER | 9780571224333 | English | , United Kingdom The Damned Utd by David Peace

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Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about The Damned Utd problem. Return to Book Page. The Damned Utd by David Peace. Overachieving and eccentric football manager Brian Clough was on his way to take over at the country's most successful, and most reviled football club: Leeds United, home to a generation of fiercely competitive but ageing players. The battle he'd face there would make or break the club - or him. David Peace's extraordinarily inventive novel tells the story of a world charac Overachieving and eccentric football manager Brian Clough was on his way to take over at the country's most successful, and most reviled football club: Leeds United, home to a generation of fiercely competitive but ageing players. David Peace's extraordinarily inventive novel tells the story of a world characterised by fear of failure and hunger for success set in the bleak heart of the s. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published April 5th by Faber Faber first published August 17th More Details Original Title. Leeds, Yorkshire, EnglandUnited Kingdom. Other Editions The Damned Utd Friend The Damned Utd. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Damned Utdplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. The Damned Utd filters. The Damned Utd order. Start your review of The Damned Utd. Nov 21, Violet wells The Damned Utd it really liked it Shelves: contemporary- british-fiction21st-century. During my gap year I worked as a nanny. My ward was a The Damned Utd shy and emotionally inhibited young boy. One of my tasks was to take him to watch Chelsea FC play. The first game we went to together was an evening kick off. What I remember is the otherworldly green of The Damned Utd grass under the floodlights, the almost phosphorescent white glow of the chalk lines. But most of all what I remember is the uninhibited joy of my ward when Chelsea scored. We became the best of friends after that evening. Wh During my gap year I worked as a nanny. Peace does a fantastic job of ventriloquism in The Damned Utd what feels like an authentic voice for Clough. The sweat and the mud, the liniment and the grease. The steam and the soap, the sewer and the shampoo. It's a brilliant character study of hubris, of a man being his own worst enemy. He wanted and needed to be loved The Damned Utd the working people. The Damned Utd wanted to be a kind of Robin Hood. View all 11 comments. Mar 08, Toby rated it really The Damned Utd it Shelves: litfootball. A remarkable piece of historical literature that just so happens to be centred in the world of English football. David Peace is clearly an exceptionally talented writer of semi-noir stories. His Red Riding Quartet being the darkest, bleakest, deepest black that the modern take on the genre gets. And on the face of it a fictional tale of a high profile sports personality from s England doesn't automatically lead you in that direction. His portrait of Brian Clough however ticks the majority of A remarkable piece of historical literature that just so happens to be centred in the world of English football. His The Damned Utd of Brian Clough however ticks the majority of the boxes required of a noir protagonist and it is this portrait that lifts this novel head and shoulders above all other books about football and perhaps The Damned Utd, as The Times said in its review, every novel ever written about sport. Forty-four days in the life of a disturbed genius. Forty-four chapters of self-loathing and doubt interspersed with examples of his brilliance and an almost biographical look at how it was that Brian Clough came to be in the position he found himself in. It plays out with a sense of inevitability, the kind of relentless and futile struggle that you might find in such classic B-movie noirs as Detour and the kind of psychological study of human nature that wouldn't be out of place next to the great names of 20th century literature, like Graham Greene perhaps. Peace really finds Clough amongst these The Damned Utd, contrasting his speech patterns with his inner monologue to enhance the troubled genius aspect of him, a constant repetition of words and phrases highlighting the driven nature of the man and again this skill is what marks Peace out as the award winning talent that he is. Whilst this is a The Damned Utd tale, it is based on fact and extensive research, it becomes easy to villify the designated bad guys thanks in no small part to the talent of the author; and it is this that got both him and his publisher in to legal trouble after publication. After losing a libel case certain sections were removed from editions published after I was very happy to find myself in posession of a printing The Damned Utd read with great interest, keen to discover what exactly was no The Damned Utd deemed suitable for publication. I must say I thought it a bit soft, Johnny Giles really doesn't come off too The Damned Utd, especially not when compared to the conflicted drunken genius of the main character. The movie adaptation was also very good but to my surprise on reading the novel painted Clough in a much friendlier light. Whilst I enjoyed the movie it didn't really give you an insight in to the inner workings of the man and only really touched on the turmoil of his mind when compared to this book. Both are excellent on their own merits. This was a very easy read, addictive to the point where I have put off all other activities where possible today to allow myself the pure pleasure of reading this novel, without interruption. Highly recommended for fans of powerful character studies as well as all those football fans impatiently waiting for the new season to start. Sep 09, Richard rated it really liked it Shelves: historical-fictiondrama. This book focuses on his worst management period where he took over Leeds United, the previous league winners and a team who he had berated in the press for their style of football and lack of discipline. To say this was a The Damned Utd management choice is quite the understatement! The narrative weaves between the 44 turbulent The Damned Utd Clough was in charge of Leeds but also his more successful period running up to the job where he The Damned Utd promotion and won the league with Derby County before alienating himself with the board and forcing himself into retirement. It's literally split every other half page so some could be irritated by this narrative style but I liked it. Especially come the end where it could be seen how he was forcing the playing staff of Derby to give the new manager a hard time due to his The Damned Utd and his time at Leeds where he was facing the hard time from their players. The book can be a bit over indulgent in the profanities, which doesn't bother me but eventually I noticed it which means it was in there a lot. It's not a totally fair reflection on the Leeds players and Clough as this is a fictionalised account of the events but it's got the general gist right. The parts where the author clearly emphasised the drinking problem for effect is purely that and not what really happened at that time according to his wife who The Damned Utd knows more than the author but it foreshadows what would eventually be his downfall. This was turned into a film which I've seen and really enjoyed, anyone with a slight interest would do well to watch that. This isn't the whole story of Clough, merely a dark chapter, the man is a legend of English football and his life really was quite extraordinary. I'd be happy to re-read his autobiography after this outing. View all 4 comments. Nov 27, David Williams rated it really liked it. Having once briefly worked with Cloughie in the late s when I was promoting a series of football talk-ins and he guested 'Shave your beard off, young man' were his first words to me and having enjoyed the uncannily accurate characterisation of this controversial figure on film by Michael Sheen, I was particularly interested to catch up with David Peace's fictional portrayal, the novel that inspired the film. So glad I did. Peace nails the self-obsession, the paranoia, the manipulative but c Having once briefly worked with Cloughie in the late s when I was promoting a series of football talk-ins and he guested 'Shave The Damned Utd beard off, young man' were his first words to me and having enjoyed the uncannily accurate characterisation of this controversial figure on film by Michael Sheen, I was particularly interested to catch up with David Peace's fictional portrayal, the novel that inspired the film. Peace nails the self-obsession, The Damned Utd paranoia, the manipulative but compelling speech and eccentric behaviour, and above all the sheer neediness of the man The Damned Utd set out deliberately to create his own legend and came close to being destroyed by the ghost of another, Don Revie. Throughout we live in Cloughie's tortured mind The Damned Utd person voice for the Leeds episodes, constantly switching to second person for Derby and other scenes of the past. It's an uncomfortable lodging, but the very best place to explore his troubled psyche, and it does not restrict Peace who brilliantly illustrates the seedy, shambling, low-level corrupt and amateurish nature of 'professional' football in the s, and colourfully recounts the tale of Clough's day tenure as Leeds United manager. This is a fascinating story, seared by truth, and a great character study, more powerful, dramatic and original than any sporting biography or autobiography you are likely to read, 'ghosted' or otherwise. It may not be, as the cover claims, 'the best novel ever The Damned Utd about sport' Peace's own list of sources and acknowlegements throws up a The Damned Utd of contenders for that title but it's certainly in the running. May 18, Ken rated it it was amazing. Mar 16, Eleni rated it it was amazing. That the story would read as brilliant as it is to a stubbornly romantic football fan like me, was expected. That Peace's writing would go all the way down a dark, haunting, decadent poetic road The Damned Utd such elegance and soul, such music, was not. Apparently, Brian Clough was an impossible person. He was arrogant and he was angered. He wouldn't The Damned Utd criticism. The Damned United () - IMDb

Depicting events in the life of English football personality Brian Cloughit is set during Clough's brief and unsuccessful spell as manager of Leeds United duringwith frequent flashbacks to his earlier period as manager of Derby County. Despite The Damned Utd acclaim, the novel was also The Damned Utd subject of controversy for its perceived negative portrayal of Clough and some historical inaccuracies. It was adapted into a film called The Damned Unitedreleased in Told from Clough's point of view, the novel is written as his stream of consciousness as he tries and fails to impose his will on a team he inherited from his bitter rival, Don Revieand whose players are still loyal to their old manager. Interspersed are flashbacks to his more successful days as manager of Derby County. Described by its author as "a fiction based on a fact", [1] the novel mixes fiction, rumour and speculation with documented facts to depict Clough as a deeply flawed hero; foul mouthed, vengeful and beset The Damned Utd inner demons and alcoholism. The Damned Utd was published by Faber and Faber in August to great critical acclaim and sold The Damned Utd — by the end of the year it had also become a word of mouth hit. It was described by Rick Broadbent of The Times as "probably the best novel ever written The Damned Utd sport", [3] while Chris Petit of The Guardian praised its imaginative use of Clough's inner voice, and the "warts and all" portrait of its protagonist. Leeds player Johnny Giles complained about the way he was portrayed in the book and claimed he had been libelled. Giles wrote, "Many of the things Peace talks about in the book never happened and for that reason, I felt it necessary to go to the Courts to establish that this was fiction based on fact and nothing more. Giles won the case and, as part of a compromise, The Damned Utd made minor changes to the text without any admission of liability. A screen adaptation of the novel starring Michael Sheen as Brian Clough was released in to critical acclaim. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the film based on this novel, see The Damned United. Dewey Decimal. The Independent. Retrieved 19 December The Observer. The Times. The Guardian. Derby Evening Telegraph. Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 24 April Retrieved 2 September Leeds United Football Club. Limited company Leeds City F. Derby County Football Club. Association football books Leeds United F. Hidden categories: All articles with dead external links Articles The Damned Utd dead external links from June Articles with permanently dead external links EngvarB from September Use The Damned Utd dates from September Namespaces Article The Damned Utd. Views Read Edit View history. Help The Damned Utd to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version.