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Among the Thugs (Vintage Departures)
Bill Buford
Rating: 4.0/5 Stars
Rank: 8548
The American-born editor of the British literary magazine Granta presents a
horrifying, searing account of the young British men who turn soccer
matches at home and abroad into battlegrounds and slaughterhouses.
Buford,
resident in England for the last 15 years, set out to get acquainted with
these football supporters--as their fellow Britons call them in more
measured moments--to learn what motivates their behavior.
He discovered a
group of violent, furiously nationalistic, xenophobic and racist young
men, many employed in high-paying blue-collar jobs, who actively enjoy
destroying property and hurting people, finding "absolute completeness" in
the havoc they wreak.
He also discerned strong elements of latent
homosexuality in this destructive male bonding. Following his subjects
from local matches to contests in Italy, Germany and Sardinia, Buford
shows that they are the same wherever they go: pillaging soldiers fighting
a self-created war.
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Inc.--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Editorials
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Among the Thugs (Vintage Departures)
Bill Buford
![]() | | | From Publishers Weekly | | The American-born editor of the British literary magazine Granta presents a
horrifying, searing account of the young British men who turn soccer
matches at home and abroad into battlegrounds and slaughterhouses... read full editorial |
![]() | | | Review | | "An important, perhaps prophetic, book...both exciting and sad at the
core...[Buford is] a superbly talented reporter."-- The New
York Times Book Review"Brilliant...one of the most unnerving
books you will... read full editorial |
![]() | | | Book Description | | 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... read full editorial |
Customer Reviews
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Among the Thugs (Vintage Departures)
Bill Buford
![]() | | | What Makes Some Peple Tick? | | (Lenoir City, Tennessee United States) October 7, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars | | This book is a verbal news photo from the front. I liked it. It adequately
explains and describes behaviour and people that can only be classified as
perverse.While the author's methodology cannot be described as objective... read full review |
![]() | | | Oh, come on! | | (Hampton, NH United States) September 5, 2000 - 4.0/5 stars | | Among the Thugs is highly entertaining: it's Michael Herr meets Bill
Bryson--a hybrid that has produced a documentary of the British hooligan
phenomenon that is at once gripping, frightening, appalling, sickening,
very... read full review |
![]() | | | True to Life | | (Albuqueque, NM USA) April 5, 2001 - 4.0/5 stars | | I, like Mr. Buford, lived as a priveleged American in London during the
heydey of bootboys and hooligans in the early and mid 70's. I was a
teenager and a wannabe-hooligan, too young (early teens) to be a real
hooligan... read full review |
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