Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Skinheads is the story of a way of life, told through three generations of a family: Terry English, original ska-loving skinhead and boss of a mini-cab firm; Nutty Ray, street-punk skin and active football hooligan; and, Lol, son of Terry, nephew of Ray, a fifteen-year-old kid just starting out. Challenging all society's fears and prejudices, Skinheads shows us a group of truly humane characters…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 330 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 262) Аннотация: With his first book, John King has written a cult classic for our times: telling, for once, the truth about soccer violence. Forget the armchair nostalgia of «Fever Pitch» of the transatlantic reportage of «Among the Thugs» — this is a book that gets inside. A collection of linked stories, «The Football Factory» centres on Vince Matthews, a seasoned Chelsea hooligan who represents a disaffected…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: For fifteen-year-old Martin, the summer of 1977 means punk rock, reggae music, disco girls, stolen cars, and a job picking cherries with the gypsies. Life is sweet — until he is beaten up and thrown in the Grand Union Canal with his best mate Smiles. Fast forward to 1988, and Joe is travelling home on the Trans-Siberian express after three years working in a Hong Kong bar, remembering the highs…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 432 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 282) Аннотация: This third novel in the trilogy that began with The Football Factory looks at notions of what it means to be English abroad. King explores stereotypes of language and nationalism, as he writes about sex and violence abroad, under the Union Jack.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Following on from his bestselling study of violence, THE FOOTBALL FACTORY, John King considers Britain's other obsession-sex. Formed in the chemical mists of New year's Eve, The Sex Division sees the once-sacred act of procreation at its most material, as five men devise system based on the sexual act. In this lagerosoaked league, the most that women can offer man is 4 points-unless, that is, she…