John King (1) (1960–)
Auteur de Football Factory
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent John King, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
Séries
Œuvres de John King
Oeuvres associées
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1960
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Slough, Berkshire, England, UK
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Vous aimerez peut-être aussi
Auteurs associés
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 11
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 780
- Popularité
- #32,630
- Évaluation
- 3.2
- Critiques
- 5
- ISBN
- 257
- Langues
- 13
- Favoris
- 1
This book is part novel and part social commentary. It tells you, repeatedly, that yes hooligans are bad but they’re driven to it by society and the state. And there’s a bit of: They’re people too, with real feelings and hopes, etc. Oh, here’s a hooligan now, let me show you.
And the hooligan on display is Tom Johnson, who is truly passionate about Chelsea – perhaps the only meaningful thing in his life – and his mates, and fighting with other “firms,” which is also called “doing the business.” The best chapters plant you in a specific time and place: Tottenham Away. West Ham at home. That’s where the action is, and the best writing. There are other chapters in there with another point of view that I never was able to latch onto. And they were frankly, boring.
A confusing book. Better if it had stuck with Tom Johnson and cut out some of his somewhat self-aggrandizing commentary.… (plus d'informations)