Football Factory Author:John King A raw, powerful first novel, The Football Factory centres on Tom Johnson, a reasoned 'Chelsea hooligan' who represents a disaffected society operating by brutal rules. We are shown the realities of life ? social degradation, unemployment, racism, casual violence, excessive drink and bad sex ? and, perhaps more importantly, how they fall i... more »nto a political context of surveillance, media manipulation and division. Graphic and disturving, occasionally very funny, and deeply affecting throughout, The Football Factory is a vertiginous rush of adrenaline ? the most authentic book yet on the so-called English Disease.« less