A review by jimbowen0306
Nineteen Seventy Seven by David Peace
2.0
This book focuses on a fictionalised account of West Yorkshire Constabulary's attempt to invetigate the first third of the Yorkshire Ripper's crimes.
I think that people know now that the police in the 1970s didn't necessarily take the same approach to policing as they do now. If they felt that they had their man, they were quite prepared to "slap him about some" to get the confession they needed as the "icing on the cake."
The problem is that this book goes beyond that. The West Yorkshire Constabulary are presented as boozey, strip joint attending, prostitute using, thugs who were as inclined to fight each other as they were to fight criminals.
I know it's a story. Trust me when I say I get that. But personally I'd like to read a book that was a little closer to reality.
I think that people know now that the police in the 1970s didn't necessarily take the same approach to policing as they do now. If they felt that they had their man, they were quite prepared to "slap him about some" to get the confession they needed as the "icing on the cake."
The problem is that this book goes beyond that. The West Yorkshire Constabulary are presented as boozey, strip joint attending, prostitute using, thugs who were as inclined to fight each other as they were to fight criminals.
I know it's a story. Trust me when I say I get that. But personally I'd like to read a book that was a little closer to reality.