Fan |
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Author:
| Rhodes, Danny |
ISBN: | 978-1-909807-80-8 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2014 |
Publisher: | Arcadia Books Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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In 1989, eighteen-year-old John Finch spends his Saturdays following Nottingham Forest up and down the country and the rest of the week trudging the streets of his hometown as a postal worker. 2004 sees Finch spending his days teaching in a southern secondary...
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In 1989, eighteen-year-old John Finch spends his Saturdays following Nottingham Forest up and down the country and the rest of the week trudging the streets of his hometown as a postal worker. 2004 sees Finch spending his days teaching in a southern secondary school, delaying the inevitable onslaught of parenthood. Leading inexorably towards the FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough, the worst sporting disaster in British history, Fan glides between 1989 and 2004 when the true impact of this tragic day becomes evident. A book of personal and collective tragedy; it's about growing up and not growing up, about manhood and about what makes a man, and above all about football's role in reflecting a society that is never more than a stone's throw away from shattering point.