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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hail to the J. King ,baby!, 22 Feb 2006
I´ve first into John King when I watched Football Factory on dvd. Then I ordered the book and it was surprisingly intense, even better then the movie. Got hooked and ordered England Away.
Thought I´d be tired of his style, but it didn´t happen at all. England Away is as good as Footy Factory, but a lot different. The book is more focused on geography and differences between England and the continent, and it seems more mature than FF.You can divide the book in three:
First this Tommy Johnson, main character of Football Factory, fancying a good fight and an ass kicking in Deutschland for the pride of his mother England. Second, Bill Farrell, this veteran of war, going away with his old comrades and remembering the ghosts of the past, his wife and the guys whe killed in Germany. Personally, I´m very interested in WWII, so I thought those moments in the book were very rich and accurate. And the third part is at the look of Harry, this fat hool who´s more worried about women, but stills want some punch-up. Harry is the responsible for the best humour King can offer. The parts on the ferry and in Berlin watching the fight made me laugh very loudly, almost waking people in my house. It doesn´t have all that fighting of Football Factory, but seems a better constructed book. While you had some dull chapters in FF like the journalists and go on, focusing the book only on Harry, Tommy and Bill hold your attention all the time. Go buy it now if you like King style, football, drugs, WWII or only likes to read a pleasant book with strong characters and the best british humour.
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