England Away
By John King
1998
First Published
3.56
Average Rating
296
Number of Pages
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.
Avg Rating
3.56
Number of Ratings
501
5 STARS
18%
4 STARS
37%
3 STARS
32%
2 STARS
10%
1 STARS
3%
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Author
John King
Author · 12 books
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 was turned into a high-profile film. A new novel – Slaughterhouse Prayer – was published on 8 November 2018. King has written short stories and non-fiction for a number of publications, with articles appearing in the likes of The New Statesman, Le Monde and La Repubblica. His books have been widely translated abroad. He edits the fiction fanzine Verbal and lives in London.
