This is a collection of 23 football stories, including stories by Irvine Welsh, Iain Sinclair, Glyn Maxwell, Geoff Nicholson, Kim Newman, and Liz Jensen. It also includes poems about football by John Hegley. The plots involve a riotous Hibernian Saturday night and a hazardous visit to White Hart Lane.
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"'A Book of Two Halves stands out as one of the most incisive and witty books on the game to come out in the last few years...a collection of quality tales about life's highs and lows inspired by the game we love' 90 Minutes; 'Reading A Book of Two Halves is like going to watch Newcastle when you're used to Northampton Town. The boy Royle done good' Andrew Shields, Time Out; 'Praise be, through its sheer versatility of attack, A Book of Two Halves succeeds in challenging the wearisome New Lad orthodoxy of so much current soccer discourse' NME"
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Awesome Footie Stories,
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This review is from: A Book of Two Halves: New Football Short Stories (Paperback)
Awesome collection of 25 short stories and essays about soccer. My favorites were Stephen Baxter's "Clods," Tim Pears' "Ebony International" Nicholas Lezards' "The Beautiful Game," Steve Grant's "Casuals," Geoff Nicholson's "The Winning Side," Mark Morris's "The Shirt," and Mark Timlin's "Wonder Boy." That said, almost every story has something worthwhile about it, and for a soccer fan, this is a must read.
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Chelsea lose two-nil at home to Portsmouth, and you want to go home and bury an axe in your face. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cup Final, Keith Randle, Mick Carpenter, Manchester United, Coventry City, Gavin Mate, Isle St-George, Jimmy Hill, Brent Croft, Dietmar Bruck, Premier League, Jimmy West, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Darren Jackson, George Webb, Match of the Day, Roy Stokes, Tim Lawler, Charlie George, Christopher Fowler, Crystal Palace, Doctor Amarosa, East Stand, John Harrison New!
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Chelsea lose two-nil at home to Portsmouth, and you want to go home and bury an axe in your face. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cup Final, Keith Randle, Mick Carpenter, Manchester United, Coventry City, Gavin Mate, Isle St-George, Jimmy Hill, Brent Croft, Dietmar Bruck, Premier League, Jimmy West, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Darren Jackson, George Webb, Match of the Day, Roy Stokes, Tim Lawler, Charlie George, Christopher Fowler, Crystal Palace, Doctor Amarosa, East Stand, John Harrison New!
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- World Cup (Cricket World Cup) by Peter Baxter on page 47, and page 159
- Lights Out for the Territory by Iain Sinclair on page 158
- Straw Men by Martin J. Smith on page 224
- Matter of the Heart Pb by Nicholas Royle in Front Matter
- The Paper Eater by Liz Jensen on page 231
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- Comparative Criticism: Volume 19, Literary Devolution: Writing in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England by E. S. Shaffer on page 338
- Year's Best Fantasy, Vol. 3 by Kathryn Cramer on page 436
- Dancing with the Dark: True Encounters with the Paranormal by Masters of the Macabre by Stephen Jones on page 272
- Post-Fandom and the Millennial Blues: The Transformation of Soccer Culture by Steve Redhead in Back Matter
- The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume 12 by Stephen Jones on page 232
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