{"product_id":"among-the-thugs-paperback","title":"Among the Thugs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Buford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an Orwellian social imagination, Granta editor Buford offers a terrifying record of his passage through an alternate society--that of England's soccer thugs--in this malevolently funny, supremely chilling document of the allure of crowd violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Buford\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer and the European correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the fiction editor of the magazine for eight years, from April 1995 to December 2002. Before that Bill edited \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e magazine for 16 years and, in 1989, became the publisher of Granta Books. He has edited three anthologies: \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Granta Travel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Granta Reportage\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Granta Book of the Family\u003c\/i\u003e. Bill is also the author of \u003ci\u003eAmong the Thugs\u003c\/i\u003e, a highly personal nonfiction account of crowd violence and British soccer hooliganism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756923879712,"sku":"9780679745358","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f5452bf675fc238ce07475eed11a8ab6.webp?v=1780089325","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/among-the-thugs-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}