{"product_id":"the-damned-united-paperback","title":"The Damned United - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Peace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnders Lustgarten\u003c\/b\u003e (Adapted by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Don Revie took over this club, Leeds were a rugby league town. No interest in football. Gates under 10,000. We'd never won a thing. He built one of the great clubs of English football, one of the great teams of English football, from scratch on barren ground from nothing more than spirit and fight and nous, which are the exact same qualities you used at Derby. And out of jealousy, you never tried to understand that. Never tried to make the most of that. Sad. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1974. Brian Clough, the enfant terrible of British football, tries to redeem his managerial career and reputation by winning the European Cup with his new team, Leeds United. The team he has openly despised for years, the team he hates and that hates him. Don Revie's Leeds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA West Yorkshire Playhouse and Red Ladder Theatre Company co-production, adapted from David Peace's ingenious and much-lauded novel, which was subsequently made into a film starring Michael Sheen, \u003ci\u003eThe Damned United\u003c\/i\u003e takes you inside the tortured mind of a genius slamming up against his limits, and brings to life the beauty and brutality of football, the working man's ballet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnders Lustgarten's stage adaptation of David Peace's novel received its world premiere at the West Yorkshire Playhouse on 3 March 2016.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnders Lustgarten is Pearson Playwright-in-Residence at the Finborough Theatre, where his first two plays, \u003ci\u003eThe Insurgents\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and\u003ci\u003e Enduring Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), were produced. Other work includes \u003ci\u003eThe Punishment Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, (shortlisted for the 2007 Verity Bargate Award), an adaptation of \u003ci\u003eSlawomir Mrozek's The Police (BAC\u003c\/i\u003e 2007), \u003ci\u003eThe Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) for the National Theatre Studio and \u003ci\u003eIf You Don't Let Us Dream Then We Won't Let You Sleep \u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Court, 2013). Anders is a political activist, has taught on Death Row, been arrested by the Turkish secret police, and holds a PhD in Chinese politics from the University of California. He also won the inaugural Harold Pinter Playwrights Award with a commission from the Royal Court in 2011. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Peace grew up in Ossett, near Wakefield, and writes novels based on real-life events. In 2003, he was named one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists, and his novel about the 1984 coal miner's strike, GB84 (2004), won the 2005 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. His other works include \u003ci\u003eRed Riding Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e (1999-2002), a series of four novels about the Yorkshire Ripper; \u003ci\u003eThe Damned Utd \u003c\/i\u003e(2006), which was adapted into a film starring Michael Sheen; \u003ci\u003eTokyo Year Zero\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and\u003ci\u003e Occupied City \u003c\/i\u003e(2009), the first two books of a trilogy set in Tokyo during the aftermath of the Second World War; and\u003ci\u003e Red or Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), following Bill Shankly's time as manager of Liverpool FC. He currently lives in Japan with his family.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719391121471,"sku":"9781350005136","price":29.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8a965fd3278340cc4a4dd25d57f182f6.webp?v=1765085457","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-damned-united-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}