Among the Thugs

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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. Bill Buford is an American author and journalist. Buford is the author of the books: Among the Thugs and Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany. Cover About the Author Praise Title Page About the ebook Copyright Dedication Contents Part One A Station outside Cardiff Manchester Turin Sunderland Manchester Part Two Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Dawes Road, Fulham Part Three Düsseldorf Sardinia Acknowledgements