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Among the Thugs

By Bill Buford

By Bill Buford

By Bill Buford

By Bill Buford

By Bill Buford
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By Bill Buford
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Part of Vintage Departures

Part of Vintage Departures

Paperback $18.00

Jun 01, 1993 | ISBN 9780679745358

Ebook $13.99

Apr 24, 2013 | ISBN 9780804150514

Audiobook Download $20.00

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    About Among the Thugs

    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.

    About Among the Thugs

    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.

    About Among the Thugs

    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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    About Bill Buford

    Bill Buford is the author of Heat and Among the Thugs. He has received a Marshall Scholarship, a James Beard Award, and the Comune di Roma’s Premio Sandro Onofri for narrative reportage. For eighteen years, Buford lived in England, and was the founding… More about Bill Buford

    About Bill Buford

    Bill Buford is the author of Heat and Among the Thugs. He has received a Marshall Scholarship, a James Beard Award, and the Comune di Roma’s Premio Sandro Onofri for narrative reportage. For eighteen years, Buford lived in England, and was the founding… More about Bill Buford

    About Bill Buford

    Bill Buford is the author of Heat and Among the Thugs. He has received a Marshall Scholarship, a James Beard Award, and the Comune di Roma’s Premio Sandro Onofri for narrative reportage. For eighteen years, Buford lived in England, and was the founding… More about Bill Buford

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Sports | True Crime

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Vintage
    Jun 01, 1993 | 320 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679745358

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Sports | True Crime

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 24, 2013 | 320 Pages | ISBN 9780804150514

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Sports | Audiobooks | True Crime

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Oct 23, 2018 | 575 Minutes | ISBN 9780525633419
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    Praise

    “A grotesque, horrifying, repellent and gorgeous book; A Clockwork Orange come to life.” —John Gregory Dunne 

    “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 ever read.” —Newsweek

    Like Michael Herr or Ryszard Kapuscinski, Buford has witnessed events which can only be compared in intensity to those of a war … an unflinching look into the festering soul of England … a fuckin’ great read.” —David Byrne

    Animated, witty, and so pungent you can taste the stale lager.” —Washington Post Book World

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