Writers should focus on true crime, says David Peace
'I don't really see the point of making up crimes,' the Red Riding quartet author tells website
The future of crime fiction lies not in inventing ever more colourful crimes but in focusing on real-life wrongdoing, according to novelist David Peace, author of the bestselling Red Riding quartet and The Damned United.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 10 February, 2010
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