Ultra - by Tobias Jones (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>An exploration of the dark side of football, of Italy and of far right politics and organised crime: the hard core fans known as the ultras. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Shortlisted for the <i>Daily Telegraph</i> Football Book of the Year </b></p>Ultras are often compared to punks, Hell's Angels, hooligans or the South American Barras Bravas. But in truth, they are a thoroughly Italian phenomenon. <p>From the author of <i>The Dark Heart of Italy</i>, <i>Blood on the Altar</i> and <i>A Place of Refuge</i>.</p><p>Italy's ultras are the most organized and violent fans in European football. Many groups have evolved into criminal gangs, involved in ticket-touting, drug-dealing and murder. A cross between the Hell's Angels and hooligans, they're often the foot-soldiers of the Mafia and have been instrumental in the rise of the far-right.</p><p>But the purist ultras say that they are are insurgents fighting against a police state and modern football. Only among the ultras, they say, can you find belonging, community, and a sacred concept of sport. They champion not just their teams, they say, but their forgotten suburbs and the dispossessed.</p><p>Through the prism of the ultras, Jones crafts a compelling investigation into Italian society and its favorite sport. He writes about not just the ultras of some of Italy's biggest clubs--Juventus, Torino, Lazio, Roma, and Genoa--but also about its lesser-known ones from Cosenza and Catania. He examines the sinister side of football fandom, with its violence and political extremism, but also admires the passion, wit, solidarity, and style of a fascinating and contradictory subculture.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Tobias Jones </b>is the author of seven previous books, including <i>The Dark Heart of Italy</i>, <i>Blood on the Altar</i>, and <i>A Place of Refuge</i>. He has written and presented documentaries for the BBC and for RAI, the Italian state broadcaster, and has been a columnist for the <i>Observer</i> and <i>Internazionale</i>. He's the co-founder of Windsor Hill Wood, and an occasional midfielder for the England Writers' football team. He lives in Parma, Italy.</p>
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