Books By Gordon Burn
List of 5 best books written by Gordon Burn. Check out the booklist.
1. Best and Edwards: Football Fame And Oblivion
Duncan Edwards played his first game for Manchester United at the age of fifteen and Walter Winterbottom, then England manager, called him ‘the spirit of British football’. On £15-a-week, Edwards was the most prized of the Busby Babes. Then in February 1958 came Munich.
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2. Somebody’s Husband, Somebody’s Son
It seemed the case of the notorious Yorkshire Ripper was finally closed when Peter Sutcliffe was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1981. But in the early 1980s, Gordon Burn spent three years living in Sutcliffe’s home town of Bingley, researching his life. Somebody’s Husband, Somebody’s Son offers one of the most penetrating and provocative insights into the mind of a murderer ever written.
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3. Fullalove
Norman Miller used to be one of Fleet Street’s finest. Now he’s a middle-aged, burned-out hack with a gift for the sensational story, the shouting tabloid lead. But as he reports in a series of brutal murders and sex crimes, he’s forced to wonder whether he is just a witness – or part of some deeper pattern of cause and effect …
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4. Pocket Money
Following the 1985 final between Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis, Britain found itself in the grip of a new sporting obsession. Snooker, or ‘Coronation Street with balls’, was suddenly big business and 1986 was set to be a crucial year. In one corner was Barry Hearn and his Romford Mafia – Davis, Taylor and Griffiths – and in the other were the bad boys – Higgins, White and Knowles – threatening the game’s good name, and its earning potential.
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5. Happy Like Murderers
An account of two people – Fred and Rose West – who lived together, raised (and killed) children, provided sexual services for anyone interested, and pretended to provide social services for single women. Investigated and told by one of the greatest journalists and writers of the last twenty years, this is the most powerful and upsetting true crime book you will ever read.
