num_pages: 320
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 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.
language: English
title: Among the Thugs
titlecomplete: Among the Thugs
genres: Memoir, True Crime, Sports, British Literature, Nonfiction, Soccer, History, Sociology, Football, Journalism
ratings_count: 8486
awards: awardedAt: 1609488000000
name: Ryszard Kapuściński Prize
publisher: Vintage