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Among the Thugs
Book Details
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publish Date: Jun 1st, 1993
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.30in - 0.70in - 0.53lb
- EAN: 9780679745358
- Categories: • Law Enforcement• Europe - Great Britain - General• Soccer
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About the Author
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What people are saying
Chris Crowley is a writer and reporter at Grub Street.
I haven’t stopped thinking about Among The Thugs since I read it in May; I guess that makes it the best book I read this year https://t.co/NzEDPyPEpW
Writing a book on the United States men's national soccer team for @VikingBooks. Senior sports communication lecturer @Marist. 🇳🇱+🇺🇸
Something ugly is happening in too many European leagues. The Dutch and French leagues are suddenly rife with neo-hooligan issues. Or it feels like a recent escalation, anyway. It's hard to explain. As @bill_buford found in his seminal Among the Thugs, there often is no reason... https://t.co/R2hlgqvQGd
Enthusiastic dad. Replacement-level husband. Reluctant suburbanite. THE RECALCITRANT STUFF OF LIFE @OutcastPress
@bill_buford I finished the re-read last night. Just a phenomenal experience to relive. Very few things in this world are worth taking repeated truncheon blows to the kidneys for, but getting AMONG THE THUGS into the world is on that list.
Praise for this book
"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
What people are saying
Chris Crowley is a writer and reporter at Grub Street.
I haven’t stopped thinking about Among The Thugs since I read it in May; I guess that makes it the best book I read this year https://t.co/NzEDPyPEpW
Writing a book on the United States men's national soccer team for @VikingBooks. Senior sports communication lecturer @Marist. 🇳🇱+🇺🇸
Something ugly is happening in too many European leagues. The Dutch and French leagues are suddenly rife with neo-hooligan issues. Or it feels like a recent escalation, anyway. It's hard to explain. As @bill_buford found in his seminal Among the Thugs, there often is no reason... https://t.co/R2hlgqvQGd