The Football Factory (The Football Factory Trilogy Book 1) - Softcover

King, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099731916 ISBN 13: 9780099731917

Publisher: Vintage, 1997

Synopsis

A first novel about a seasoned Chelsea Football Club hooligan who represents a disaffected society operating by brutal rules. The story encompasses social degradation, unemployment, racism, casual violence, excessive drink and bad sex - and how they fall into a political context.

About this title

Review:

"The best book I've read about football and working-class culture in Britain in the nineties. Buy, steal or borrow a copy now" (Irvine Welsh)

"Fever Pitch with testosterone and eight pints of lager. Like Fever Pitch, it is not exclusively a novel about football. This is a chronicle of a lost tribe – the white, Anglo-Saxon, heterosexual who is fed up with being told he is crap." (Glasgow Herald)

"Not only an outstanding read, but also an important social document... This book should be compulsory reading for all those who believe in the existence, or even attainability, of a classless society" (Sunday Tribune)

"Powerfully written and tells you more about the mentality of those who disrupt football matches than all the theses of the sociologist academics put together" (Daily Mail)

"Bleak, thought-provoking and brutal... Has all the hallmarks of a cult novel" (Literary Review)

From the Publisher:

‘Fever Pitch with testosterone and eight pints of lager. Like Fever Pitch, it is not exclusively a novel about football. This is a chronicle of a lost tribe – the white, Anglo-Saxon, heterosexual who is fed up with being told he is crap. It is the story of a flight from fear by a group of Londoners who have seen the present and know it does not work...King writes powerfully with a raw realism and clear grasp of a culture which has been denied but cannot be ignored’ Glasgow Herald

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0099731916
• ISBN 13: 9780099731917
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272