![]() ![]() These books are about tribalism, about the working classes of Britain in the 1990’s, about an ingrained culture of alcohol fueled violence as part of everyday life. Neither does it feel like King is glorifying the culture of violence he is writing about. Despite the scale and nature of the violence portrayed, King somehow manages to avoid being gratuitous. The ‘Football Factory’ trilogy (‘The Football Factory, Headhunters and England Away’) is consistently well written and convincing throughout. ![]() Although this is fiction it all too often feels very authentic, it all feels very real. The stories he has created are bleak and brutal the violence is often shocking, frightening, repulsive and at times unrelenting. King neither condones, condemns nor judges the perpetrators, but merely tells is like it is – or at least certainly was at that time. ![]() With his ‘Football Factory’ trilogy, John King provides us with an unflinching and uncompromising, yet compelling look at the dark world of football related gang violence of Britain in the 1990’s. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |