Headhunters

ISBN-13: 9780099739517 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 320 str.

John King

Opis

Breaking through the heavy media cloud of anorexic pin-ups and paedophile fashion, this story contains a missing brother, prophetic visions, a love affair, and a confrontation revealing the men behind machismo and their need for mutual respect.

Recenzje

King loads his characters up with enough interior life, but it's the raw energy of their interactions - the beano to Blackpool, the punch-ups, the casual fucks, the family skeletons and the unburied fantasies - that make this excellent book run Steve Grant Time Out

O autorze

John King is the author of nine novels - The Football Factory, Headhunters, England Away, Human Punk, White Trash, The Prison House, Skinheads, The Liberal Politics Of Adolf Hitler and Slaughterhouse Prayer. The Football Factory has been turned into a high-profile film and his books have been widely translated abroad. He has also written short stories and non-fiction for a number of publications over the years, with articles appearing in the likes of The New Statesman, Le Monde and La Repubblica. He edits the fiction fanzine Verbal and lives in London.