Football Factory
Football Factory
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Zusammenfassung
Deals with the truth about soccer violence. A collection of linked stories, this work centres on Vince Matthews, a seasoned Chelsea hooligan who represents a disaffected society operating by appalling rules. From first-hand experience, it shows the usual mix of social degradation, unemployment, racism, excessive drink, bad sex and casual violence.
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Football Factory by John King
'Fever Pitch with testosterone and eight pints of lager. Like Fever Pitch, it is not exclusively a novel about football. This is a chronicle of a lost tribe - the white, Anglo-Saxon, heterosexual who is fed up with being told he is crap. It is the story of a flight from fear by a group of Londoners who have seen the present and know it does not work-King writes powerfully with a raw realism and clear grasp of a culture which has been denied but cannot be ignored' Glasgow Herald
'The best book I've read about football and working-class culture in Britain in the ninetiesBuy, steal or borrow a copy now' Irvine Welsh 'King's novel is not only an outstanding read, but also an important social document...This book should be compulsory reading for all those who believe in the existence, or even the attainability of a classless society' Sunday Tribune 'The Football Factory will do for hooligan culture what Trainspotting did for Edinburgh housing estates' Select ' Powerfully written and tells you more about the mentality of those who disrupt football matches than all the theses of the sociologist academics put together' Daily Mail 'Bleak, thought-provoking and brutal, The Football Factory has all the hallmarks of a cult novel' Literary Review
John King lives in London. His other novels England Away, Headhunters, White Trash and Human Punk are also available in Vintage.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9780099474623 |
| ISBN 10 | 009947462X |
| Titel | Football Factory |
| Autor | John King |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Vintage Publishing |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2004-05-06 |
| Seitenanzahl | 272 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
| Hinweis | Nicht verfügbar |