England Away - Softcover

King, John

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ISBN 10: 0224043854 ISBN 13: 9780224043854

Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1998

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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.

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About the Author:

John King is the author of eight novels - The Football Factory, Headhunters, England Away, Human Punk, White Trash, The Prison House, Skinheads and The Liberal Politics Of Adolf Hitler. The Football Factory has been turned into a high-profile film and his books have been widely translated abroad. He has also written short stories and non-fiction for a number of publications over the years, with articles appearing in the likes of The New Statesman, Le Monde and La Repubblica. He edits the fiction fanzine Verbal and lives in London.

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England Away works on three levels - past, present and future - as pensioner Bill Farrell remembers his war experiences in London, Tommy Johnson fights his way through Holland and Germany for an England football match in Berlin, and Harry Roberts considers the future fuelled by doses of Dutch skunk and German speed. Exploring stereotypes of language and nationalism, the primal pulls of lust and aggression, England Away culminates in a unity of the tribes and a blitzkrieg through the streets of Berlin.

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