false 33460 9 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. 33529 1990 Among the Thugs total:996|5:303|4:439|3:220|2:32|1:2| 996 3997 1483 187 5 4 true false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 19:33:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 10 08:27:05 -0800 2008 Among the Thugs chronicles Buford's attempts to understand the English phenomenon of soccer hooliganism by immersing himself into its characters, events, and lifestyles. He starts as an outsider, an American living in London for many years without ever attending a soc...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sat Dec 20 17:01:26 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 26 06:07:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Apr 20 16:55:48 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 11:37:32 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 11:37:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 01:53:27 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 20:45:33 -0700 2009
This book is extremely dated, obviously. But it shouldn't be. Instead of reaching any sort of conclusion, Buford never gets past the actual violence itself, except to say that people form crowds, and crowds become...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Nov 10 11:57:15 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 08:05:22 -0800 2007
I know this is a terrible thing to say, but I do take some perverse comfort in knowing there is at least one bizarre, violent social problem occuring in modern industrialized nations, that the United States does not have.]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 06:26:57 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 07:34:23 -0700 2009
What happens when Buford gets mixed up with several of these charact...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 30 23:37:55 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 23:37:55 -0700 2009
The scene where the hooligan SUCKS OUT THE EYE FROM ANOTHER PERSON still sticks with me.

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"Among the Thugs is the true story of an American journalist, Buford, who slowly makes his way into the surprisingly organized world of football hooligans in order to find out why English football...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 04:56:33 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 04:57:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Feb 05 10:44:23 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 11:38:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false true Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 15 18:57:35 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 19:11:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 12:35:25 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 13:06:25 -0700 2009
i had hoped there would be more commentary on class, and there was definitely some of that, but more t...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 17:19:21 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 15:28:12 -0700 2009
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