Perry Boys Abroad describes a long, crazy journey from British cities and towns to the exotic corners of the world. Smugglers, drug dealers, bricklayers, agricultural migrants and regular travellers on the Magic Bus to Athens all hit the road, during the heyday of casual culture. With Manchester s changing fashion and music scene as a backdrop to the oral memories of those included in this book, Ian Hough explains how the casual revolution pioneered many modern fashions and attitudes. Best-selling authors Colin Blaney and Cass Pennant are among those who tell their own stories of how Britain s designer football hooligans colonised foreign lands and waged war on their terrace rivals abroad. Others provide vivid tales of skulduggery, mayhem and the grafting of counterfeit designer clothes. Perry Boys Abroad illustrates how much times have changed. If you think casual culture was limited to fighting at football matches, think again. Author Ian Hough experienced the casual revolution at firsthand, travelling for long periods and working with other British expats in a variety of circumstances and cultures. Taking in the experiences of the post-rave Brits now living permanently in Australia, Thailand, America and Mexico, Perry Boys Abroad explores their lives, their adventures and their ultimate destiny as a dying breed.
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You'll run into them in every bar from LA to Bangkok: Northwest of England grafters, with fingers in every pie. Ian Hough is a terrific writer and our sharpest cultural commentator, and he charts the phenomenon of the clued-up lads-on-the-make abroad. If you're interested in British working-class culture, this is an essential read. --IRVINE WELSH, author of Trainspotting, The Acid House and Filth
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Ian Hough is from Manchester. His first book, Perry Boys, tracked the casual hooligan trend from its origins on northwest England s terraces to its later metamorphosis into the rave/ Madchester culture. A regular contributor to the Manchester United fanzine United We Stand, he currently lives in the United States.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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this book is a classic which covers the music, fashion,drugs,smuggling,sleeping rough and football hooligans around the madchester scene to the unemployment of thatchers britain where many youths around britain had to leave the shores for employment abroad with classic stories that happened in foreign lands ,many which are quite fascinating and horrible life threatening experiences! this book is full of totally honest stories which is not the usual typical stories of people who always win thier battles in football hooliganism. wrote by 'Ian Hough'it is a must for anyone who is a fan of football storys and hard life growing up in that era!ALSO joined by Ian Hough is Cass Pennant..... author ,publisher,movie consultant, and former hooligan who has more than experienced some of the hardest times as a football hooligan , an EXCELLENT put together book !
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Having enjoyed Ian Hough's first offering, there was no way I wasn't going to give the new book a viewing. The authors second book will strike so many chords with readers of a certain age who know the difference between their Sambas and their Forrest Hills, their Tacchini and their Munsingwear etc...
I am of that certain age and grew up in the same pioneering years as the casual movement and the birth of the modern "Grafters"(Mr Hough and I were born in the same year apparently!). I defy anyone to read the book and not be in a position to relate to the characters, style and locations. Every page contains either a laugh or a pause for thaught moment, as you cast you're mind back to a certain individual that you will have had the pleasure of knowing.
Like any good book, it has a balance of humour, excitement and the odd dark moment. In addition to this there are some great contributions from Cass Pennant and other names from the era.
Ian Hough has got a great writing style that makes you wish you were as fluid with a pen. It seems to flow from start to finish effortlessly. I don't get through as many books as I should these days but i'm sure if they were all as good as this, the off button on the TV would get used more. Thankyou Mr Hough for reminding me of all the faces and styles that i've had the pleasure of mixing with over the years - great days indeed.
I am of that certain age and grew up in the same pioneering years as the casual movement and the birth of the modern "Grafters"(Mr Hough and I were born in the same year apparently!). I defy anyone to read the book and not be in a position to relate to the characters, style and locations. Every page contains either a laugh or a pause for thaught moment, as you cast you're mind back to a certain individual that you will have had the pleasure of knowing.
Like any good book, it has a balance of humour, excitement and the odd dark moment. In addition to this there are some great contributions from Cass Pennant and other names from the era.
Ian Hough has got a great writing style that makes you wish you were as fluid with a pen. It seems to flow from start to finish effortlessly. I don't get through as many books as I should these days but i'm sure if they were all as good as this, the off button on the TV would get used more. Thankyou Mr Hough for reminding me of all the faces and styles that i've had the pleasure of mixing with over the years - great days indeed.
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this book is brilliant, an absolute must for all the lads that were around at that time and who were part of it all from the late 70s this guy not only knows his stuff but is a fantastic writer, you must buy his first book perry boys before you get this, none of all that we done them we never run nonsense just what those great early days were all about when football was fun, i now live and watch my footy in brazil where the scene is very much like it was back then but there is not a day goes by i dont read one of this guys books just puts a smile on my face and almost a tear in my eye for the best days ever and all the great lads that were around in those heady days buy this book you will not regret it
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lush
the man is a lush ....
if the book is half as funny as the first on ..'i'll buy it..
if the book is half as funny as the first on ..'i'll buy it..
Published 13 months ago by DEN1966
5.0 out of 5 stars
Boss book, Ian Hough is a great writer.
There has been way too many books written about 80's casuals, football thugs and wedge haircuts, but most of them are "we met at this pub, we got escorted by the old bill, it... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Sylvester J. Velasco
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A nostalgic odyssey
....once,in a fairly moody bar overseas, a pal of Mr Hough's looked me squarely in the eye and said "there are two types of people in this world Johnny.... Read more
Published on 16 Dec 2009 by J. T. MCLAUGHLIN
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buy it read it love it!!!
i bought and read perry boys and perry boys abroad. Incredibly, the second book is even better than the first! Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2009 by S. Bleasdale
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top read
If you read the first book, you will enjoy this as it will take you on a long crazy journey of grafters and casuals from Manchester, going from football and Raves in England to... Read more
Published on 27 July 2009 by Mr. W. D. Bagnall
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a discovering read!
I didn't read the manchester & Salford gangs book first, but i am going to buy it as this one was difficult to put down! Read more
Published on 18 July 2009 by Norm D
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