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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
err we go, err we go...., 13 Aug 2001
Great read, as an armchair football fan, this book gave me an insight into another world. What I really liked was the plot and great story line. It would be easy to fill the book with hooligans fighting, but it was not. What really stood out was the plot and story. Excellent read
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Real Lad Lit, 1 May 2001
By A Customer
At long last there seems to be some 'real' books written by 'real' people, finding there way on to the shelves. Streetwise, working class 'bloke' authors are somehow getting passed the stuck up twats in publishers who don't seem to realise that a lot of people have no interest in the diary of some fat old boiler, or struggling through a novel where the author seems more intent in proving how clever he or she is, rather than writing an entertaining story.This book is real lad lit. Colin Butts, Is Harry On The Boat? and Kevin Sampson, Powder, are two other authors who seem to fall within this category, and I wish there were a lot more. Unlike the two aforementioned books, Top Dog probably wouldn't appeal to the fairer sex. What it has in common though, is a feeling that it would make great viewing. All these books seem to contain little mood or scene setters, which are great for conjuring up mental images. In Top Dog though, one of these is done to death and has made me take off one star - smoking. Was the author sponsored by B&H as well as a computer co? It became tiresome, annoying and almost laughable. More imagination and variety next time please! On the whole the book was well researched and the best complement any book can have in my opinion, is that I looked forward to picking it up again. To make the reader care for such an obnoxious 'hero' is no mean achievement. The ending had some nice twists and didn't quite go down the Long Good Friday route I was expecting. On the whole, this is the sort of book I'd recommend to friends who don't normally read books. If there were more Lad Lit books like this, then I reckon the book buying greater than it already is. Keep churning them out son!
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
A TOP DOG of a read!,, 13 April 2002
By A Customer
Having written a number of non-fiction books covering the hooligan issue, Dougie eventually turned his hand to a fictional account of the culture with his first novel, The Crew. A book many regard as superior even to John Kings masterpeice, The Football Factory. Whilst not necessarily agreeing with that, there is no doubt that for me, The Crew is far better than the majority of the supposed autobiographies that seem to have become standard fare within the hoolie genre. But when news broke of a sequel to The Crew, I had reservations that the quality and pace of the original could be maintanined. I need not have worried for if anything, Top Dog is slightly better than The Crew because in this second book, the author has given the character of Billy Evans a true personality. More importantly, whilst the plot of The Crew was credible, there was a slight air of fantasy about it. In Top Dog, the storyline is totally believeable. Indeed, anyone who knows the hooligan culture will read this and spend much of their time wondering how much of it is based on fact! Typically, there are the usual trademark twists with a corker coming right at the end. And if the rumours of the film version of The Crew are true, then with this book, Dougie has definately delivered the second installment. A truly cracking read.
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