Among the ThugsRead about the other entries on the list.
by Bill Buford.
There is a truism bandied about that more people like to read about baseball than watch it. Perhaps that’s true of soccer as well, especially as there are long stretches during matches when men in shorts are running willy-nilly around a field. In addition to [Soccer in Sun and Shadow] by Eduardo Galeano, Bill Buford’s Among the Thugs rates mention as Buford gives a smart account of the sociopathic underclass that afflicts soccer (at least in England).
Also see: Mihir Bose's top ten soccer books.
--Marshal Zeringue
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