- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: PULP Books; This is a First Edition edition (27 April 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1901072061
- ISBN-13: 978-1901072068
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,914,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Footballer Paul Andrews has taken everything the game could throw at him. Now his life appears to be perfect, with his career a success, and a beautiful wife and child to look after. But that all changes when he becomes attracted to a gay man.'
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Masterful and Brilliant writing,
By Mr K D Rundle (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Football Seasons (Paperback)
Masterful and brilliat writing. Bower has the grace and skill of a classic literary novelist, with the energy and anarchy of 1980s punk rock.Reading it will change your life and make all other books obsolete. Buy it now before they sell out!!!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
No Frills, Pure Impact,
By A Customer
This review is from: Football Seasons (Paperback)
This book stands head and shoulders above the recent crop of football related trash. The hero (?) Paul Andrews is at a crossroads in his life. His career as a journeyman footballer has been cut short by injury and he is struggling to find direction. His uncertainty and macho insecurity explode in a moment of passion and extreme violence. From then on, the follows Andrews as he attempts to avoid detection. Football Seasons digs deep into the macho psyche and paints a vivid picture of the violent, negative emotions that football culture is built on, but which we aren't allowed to mention in the new candy floss era. The narrative cleverly switches from the present day to flashbacks from Andrews' inauspicious playing career to highlight this. The thing that sets this book apart is its authenticity; the uncompromisingly blunt writing style, the cutting insight into the mind of a working class 'hard man' and the use of actual events as a backdrop tell you that the author is the real deal. A rattling good story well told. Thought provoking with plenty of humour amongst the bleakness. Mick Bower has written a book that must make the fakes and the carpetbaggers (Hornby, Brimson et al) hang their heads in shame. In short, Football Seasons is the best book I've read in years.
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