Red or Dead (novel)

{{short description|2013 novel by David Peace}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox book |  | name = Red or Dead | title_orig = | translator = | image = Red or dead bookcover.jpg | caption = Hardcover edition | author = [[David Peace]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | genre = | publisher = [[Faber and Faber]] | pub_date = 1 August 2013 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print (hardback) | pages = 736 | isbn = 978-0-571-28065-0 | dewey= | congress= | oclc= 841184177 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}

'''''Red or Dead''''' is a [[novel]] by British author [[David Peace]]. It details [[Bill Shankly]]'s period as [[Coach (sport)|manager]] of [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] [[Association football|football]] club from his appointment in 1959 to his unexpected resignation in 1974.<ref name='Faber'>{{cite web|title=Red or Dead - David Peace|url=http://www.faber.co.uk/catalog/red-or-dead/9780571280650|publisher=Faber and Faber|accessdate=30 July 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806150940/http://faber.co.uk/catalog/red-or-dead/9780571280650|archivedate=6 August 2013}}</ref>

The novel was shortlisted for the inaugural [[Goldsmiths Prize]] (2013).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24347367 |title=Jim Crace makes Goldsmiths Prize shortlist |work=[[BBC News]] |author= |date=1 October 2013 |accessdate=October 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-prize/shortlist/ |title=Shortlist 2013 |publisher=Goldsmiths Prize |date=1 October 2013 |accessdate=October 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005231624/http://www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-prize/shortlist/ |archivedate=5 October 2013 }}</ref>

==Stage adaptation== The novel was adapted for the stage by Phillip Breen, and premiered at the [[Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool]] in March 2025, starring [[Peter Mullan]] as Shankly.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McLean |first1=Pauline |title=Peter Mullan's return to the stage is a one-off: 'I can't afford it' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjd11v5lxwo |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=10 May 2025 |date=20 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wiegand |first1=Chris |title=Red or Dead review – Peter Mullan never walks alone as Liverpool FC hero Bill Shankly |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/mar/27/red-or-dead-review-royal-court-liverpool-peter-mullan-bill-shankly-david-peace |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=10 May 2025 |date=27 March 2025}}</ref>

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[[Category:2013 British novels]] [[Category:Novels by David Peace]] [[Category:Biographical novels]] [[Category:Liverpool F.C.]] [[Category:Novels about association football]] [[Category:Novels set in Liverpool]] [[Category:Faber & Faber books]] [[Category:British novels adapted into plays]]