Waiting for a Goal
A selection from the beloved bestseller Among the Thugs, Waiting for a Goal pinpoints the actual soccer amid the rampant hooliganism. They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs, and themselves. Their dislikes encompass the rest of the known universe, and England's soccer thugs express their feelings in ways that range from petty vandalism to riots that terrorize entire cities. And for nearly a decade, from World Cups to beer halls, Bill Buford was one of them. Among the Thugs is the terrifying, definitive account of football hooliganism, a hall of fame s…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-101-87309-0
- EAN: 9781101873090
- Produktnummer: 16460635
- Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 32 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'206 KB
Über den Autor
Bill Buford is the author of Among the Thugs, Heat, and the forthcoming Dirt, the story of dragging his loving and trusting family to Lyon for five years in order for him to become a French cook. From 1995, until he left for France, in 2008, Buford was at the New Yorker, first as Literary and Fiction Editor and then as a staff writer. He lived in England for eighteen years and revived the literary magazine Granta. He was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and now lives in New York City with his wife, Jessica Green, and their French-speaking sons, George and Frederick.
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