David Peace - GB84

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Great Britain. 1984. The miners' strike. The government against the people. On initial publication, twenty years on from the strike, David Peace's bravura novel "GB84" was hugely acclaimed. In a bloody and dramatic fictional portrait of the year that was to leave an indelible mark on the nation's consciousness, Peace dares to engage with the Britain's social and political past, bringing it shockingly and brilliantly to life.

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There was a sudden, huge cheer from the men outside –

Terry and Mike went to the window.

Clive came back with the last box. He said, ‘The Board’s abandoned the action.’

The Tinkerbell doesn’t knock. They never do. He has his own key. Doesn’t introduce himself. Never do. Wise men. He has a good look at Jen, then takes his gear straight up to the little bedroom. The Mechanic sends Jen out to buy a pint of milk. He reads yesterday’s paper again. Jen comes back. It’s raining outside. She makes a pot. The Mechanic takes a cup up to the Tinkerbell. He’s sitting on the bed with his headphones on and his notebook out. The Mechanic taps him on the shoulder. The Tinkerbell jumps. The Mechanic hands him the mug. The Tinkerbell nods. The Mechanic goes back downstairs.

Half-twelve, Jen goes out for fish and chips. The Mechanic sits and waits for The One o’Clock News. Jen comes back with the chips. The Mechanic sticks some on a plate for the Tinkerbell and takes them up. He’s still sitting on the bed with his headphones on. He nods. The Mechanic goes back downstairsto Jen.Theyeat lunch. Jenmakes a fresh pot.TheMechanic does the dishes.

Three o’clock, the Tinkerbell comes downstairs. He hands the Mechanic a piece of paper

The Mechanic reads it. Picks up the phone.

Hour later, Julius Schaub arrives with Leslie in a red Ford Escort. Schaub’s grown his hair out since the Mechanic saw him last. Leslie looks exactly the same. The Mechanic doesn’t introduce them to Jen. Schaub keeps it shut. He’s been warned. He’s on his best behaviour. The Mechanic gives them their instructions. He takes Jen up to the little bedroom with him. The Tinkerbell is sitting on the bed with his headphones on. Notebook out. He turns to look at them. He shakes his head. They sit down on the bed next to him to wait

Bad weather. Bad dreams all night.

Just after half-seven the Tinkerbell nudges the Mechanic. He taps his headphones. He puts his thumb up. The Mechanic and Jen go back downstairs. Wake up Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum.

They leave the house.

Schaub and Leslie take the Escort. The Mechanic and Jen take the Rover.

Both cars drive to Sutton Road. The Escort parks at one end of the street, the Rover at the other. Schaub gets out of his car. Leslie stays put behind the wheel. The Mechanic gets out the Rover. Jen stays where she is.

The Mechanic takes the bag out of the boot. He walks along the street. He comes to the house. He goes up the drive. Schaub already has the back door open. They go inside. The Mechanic opens the bag. He hands Schaub a camera

Schaub takes the upstairs. The Mechanic the downstairs.

The Mechanic goes through the kitchen into the living room and then the study. He searches drawers and bookshelves for twenty minutes.

Schaub comes back downstairs into the study. He shakes his head.

They leave the house. They close the back door. They go down the drive.

The Mechanic walks back to the Escort with Schaub

Schaub gets into the front. The Mechanic the back.

Leslie turns round

The Mechanic shakes his head.

Schaub says, ‘She must have it on her.’

‘Like where?’ Leslie asks him.

He pulls out a large white pair of women’s knickers from the inside of his jacket. He holds them up. He laughs and says, ‘Hide all sorts in these sexy things.’

The Mechanic leans forward. He grabs Schaub by his hair. Pulls his head over the backof the seat

Whispers in Schaub’s ear, ‘I thought it was kids you liked. Your own.’

‘Fuck off,’ shouts Schaub. ‘Fuck off!’

The Mechanic pushes him forward again. He leans over the seat with him

Bangs Schaub’s forehead once onto the top of the dashboard.

‘Fuck!’ screams Schaub. ‘Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!’

‘Take him back to the house,’ the Mechanic tells Leslie. ‘Wait for me there.’

Leslie nods. He starts the car.

The Mechanic gets out. He walks back down the street to the Rover. Gets in.

‘What’s wrong?’ asks Jen.

‘Nothing,’ the Mechanic says. ‘Have to go out to the cottage.’

Jen starts the car. They drive out to Four Crosses and turn off up to Llanymynech. Theystopat a phonebox.TheMechanic calls the number

Lets it ring. Ring and ring. No one answers.

They find the cottage. They park.

The Mechanic takes the bag off the backseat. He gets out

Jen waits in the car.

The Mechanic walks up the path. He does the door. He goes inside. He searches the place. He goes back outside. He locks the lock. He walks down the path

Jen starts the car.

The Mechanic puts the bag in the boot. He gets in. Shakes his head.

They drive back to Shrewsbury. They park outside the terrace

The Escort isn’t here.

They go inside. No Schaub. No Leslie. The Mechanic goes upstairs

The Tinkerbell is still sat on the bed. Headphones in his hand. He looks up

‘What the fuck happened in there?’ he asks the Mechanic.

‘What do you mean?’

‘The phone’s dead.’

‘What?’

‘I can’t hear anything —’

The Mechanic goes straight back down the stairs.

Jen’s just put the kettle on. She says, ‘What is it?’

‘Come on,’ the Mechanic tells her. ‘Quick!’

They go back outside to the car. They drive back to Sutton Road

No Escort here either.

They park at the end of the road

‘Wait here,’ the Mechanic tells Jen.

‘You’re never going back in there?’ she says. ‘She could come —’

The Mechanic gets out. Closes the door. He walks along the street. Comes to the house

The curtains are drawn. Lights on inside

Fuck.

He goes up the drive. Round the back of the house. The door wide open

Fuck.

He leans inside. Shouts out, ‘Hello? Anybody home?’

There’s no answer.

He steps inside the house. Dirty washing scattered all over the kitchen floor. Two handbags emptied on to the table. The telephone ripped from the wall.

He goes into the living room then the study

No one.

He goes upstairs. One of the railings in the banister is missing.

He goes into the front bedroom

No one.

Into the bathroom

No one.

The back bedroom

Fuck –

Wet towels on the floor. The bed stripped

Blood and semen on the mattress.

The Jew hasn’t been to sleep for days. He’s too excited. Too busy –

He’s just had his tour of the thirteenth floor of New Scotland Yard –

The National Reporting Centre.

Neil Fontaine opens the back door for the Jew. The Jew gets in.

‘Downing Street, if you would please, Neil.’

‘Certainly, sir.’

The Jew tells Neil of the twenty-four-hour operations and the banks of telephones, the walls of maps and the coloured pins –

‘They keep them in biscuit tins,’ he laughs. ‘Would you believe it? Biscuit tins.’

Neil Fontaine stops for a red light. He glances at his watch then the rearview –

The Jew is wearing a dark blue pinstripe suit, a pale blue shirt and a white silk tie. The Jew has another report to make; another speech to give –

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