Buford, Bill. creator text xxk London Secker & Warburg 1991 monographic eng

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317 pages : 23 cm 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. Sports Juvenile Literature Football Juvenile Literature Soccer Juvenile Literature Violence Juvenile Literature IN PROCESS 363.32 0436075261 : 90126839 DLC 900307 20240117141648.0 2848 eng