by Bill Buford · Arrow · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099416340
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In 'Among the Thugs', Bill Buford delves into the world of football-related violence, exploring the motivations and experiences of hooligans. Through his research, Buford offers an impactful and personal view of the culture of football vandalism, revealing the complex social and psychological dynamics that drive this phenomenon. This book is a deep and often disturbing analysis of violence in sports and society.
William Holmes Buford is an American author and journalist. He is the author of the books Among the Thugs and Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany. Buford was previously the fiction editor for The New Yorker, where he is still on staff. For sixteen years, he was the editor of Granta, which he relaunched in 1979. He is also credited with coining the term "dirty realism."
