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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33460.Among_the_Thugs?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Among the Thugs" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1168447738m/33460.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33460.Among_the_Thugs?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Among the Thugs</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2606.Bill_Buford">Bill Buford</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1437512?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 3 of 5 stars<br/>Required reading for my "Sports and Society" class. Despite it being required, it was really very interesting, and something I would recommend for the non-academic who has a morbid curiosity about the violence of sports and a really strong stomach. This book chronicles a reporter's time with the football (soccer) thugs of Manchester United. If you think post sporting event riots in this country are out of hand, be thankful you don't live in Europe, where these guys (some of which aren't even fans of the team, just fans of violence) attack anyone in their way, including (and often) innocent bystanders. The best description of this insane true account is the pull quote on the cover, "A grotesque, horrifying, repellent, and grogeous book; A Clockwork Orange come to life." <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/98230?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>