{"product_id":"munichs-hardcover","title":"Munichs - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Peace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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, \u003cem\u003eMunichs\u003c\/em\u003e powerfully interprets the struggles of a team, a city, and a nation to recover and rise again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeace has been hailed as \"brilliant\" by Kazuo Ishiguro and his novels have been lauded as \"incantatory\" (\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e), \"ambitious and heartbreaking\" (NPR), and \"the stuff of great literature\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e). With \u003cem\u003eMunichs\u003c\/em\u003e, he has crafted another extraordinary novel, one that intimately explores the reverberations of trauma and the power of community in the wake of tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.56 x 9.21 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47261393584377,"sku":"9781324086260","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/FTZDtV3LjT9781324086260.webp?v=1768797495","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/munichs-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}