Ultra (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
432
Utgivningsdatum
2020-08-06
Förlag
Head of Zeus
Illustrationer
1 x 8pp colour
Dimensioner
198 x 129 x 26 mm
Vikt
320 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781786697370

Ultra

The Underworld of Italian Football

av Tobias Jones
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Häftad,  Engelska, 2020-08-06
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Winner of the Daily Telegraph Football Book of the Year Ultras are often compared to punks, Hell's Angels, hooligans or the South American Barras Bravas. But in truth, they are a thoroughly Italian phenomenon... From the author of The Dark Heart of Italy, Blood on the Altar and A Place of Refuge. Italy's ultras are the most organised and violent fans in European football. Many groups have evolved into criminal gangs, involved in ticket-touting, drug-dealing and murder. A cross between the Hell's Angels and hooligans, they're often the foot-soldiers of the Mafia and have been instrumental in the rise of the far-right. But the purist ultras say that they are are insurgents fighting against a police state and modern football. Only amongst the ultras, they say, can you find belonging, community and a sacred concept of sport. They champion not just their teams, they say, but their forgotten suburbs and the dispossessed. Through the prism of the ultras, Jones crafts a compelling investigation into Italian society and its favourite sport. He writes about not just the ultras of some of Italy's biggest clubs Juventus, Torino, Lazio, Roma and Genoa but also about its lesser-known ones from Cosenza and Catania. He examines the sinister side of football fandom, with its violence and political extremism, but also admires the passion, wit, solidarity and style of a fascinating and contradictory subculture.
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  1. Otrolig bok!
    Kenny, 21 januari 2021

    Fantastisk bok om den finaste fotbollen. En bok för dig som vill få en djupare förståelse om ultras. Rekommenderas varmt.

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Colourful first-hand accounts... Jones is too smart a writer... Ultra does speak direly to wider issues' * Financial Times * [An] intense book... A positive story to tell as well' * Times Literary Supplement * A serious, detailed and entertaining exploration of a fascinating subject... While Jones's analysis of the rise of the ultras is interesting, it is the anecdotes that truly hook the reader' * Catholic Herald * An excellent book * Daily Mail *

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Tobias Jones is the author of seven previous books, including The Dark Heart of Italy, Blood on the Altar and A Place of Refuge. He has written and presented documentaries for the BBC and for RAI, the Italian state broadcaster, and has been a columnist for the Observer and Internazionale. He's the co-founder of Windsor Hill Wood, and an occasional midfielder for the England Writers' football team. He lives in Parma, Italy.

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