Among the Thugs

Name: Among the Thugs
Brand: Bill Buford
Price: 1.0 USD
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From the Mother Tongue Subversion & Charm collection.

Nominated by Designer & Entrepreneur Colin Raney

"An incredible first-hand account of mob dynamics, tribal identity, and the search for belonging through the lens of soccer hooligans in Thatcher-era Britain."

They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the known universe, and England's soccer thugs express it in ways that range from mere vandalism to riots that terrorize entire cities. Now Bill Buford, editor of the prestigious journal Granta, enters this alternate society and records both its savageries and its sinister allure with the social imagination of a George Orwell and the raw personal engagement of a Hunter Thompson.

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