The author's life story reads like a Hollywood gangster movie script. In this autobiography, Cass Pennant describes his life spent on the edge of the law, giving respect where it is owed and dishing... This description may be from another edition of this product.
As a previous reviewer pointed out; this is not a typical hooligan book its a biography of Cass one of the main members of the IFC one of the most famous hooligan gangs of the 70s and 80s. The book covers his childhood, being a black child adopted by a white couple and raised in an all white area, the racism he encountered as a kid and how his foster parents taught him pride in who he was and to stand up to anyone. The book then goes into how he got hooked up with the IFC and hooked on the violence that went with it. The many trials he went through, how he went into bouncing post jail time, how he met his future wife and finaly got his life together metting up with his natural parents back in Jamacia. Realy interesting read especially his connections with Frank Bruno and Lenny Henry. Honest book, highly recomended.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
When i started reading this book i thought it would be about a MORONIC FOOTBALL THUG that all the media wants us to believe they are, but this is how CASS found true friends at West Ham, who didn't care about his colour but just the love of his team and how he grew up amongs racists,football rivals and police prejedice and came out a proud person and a loving parent. Excellent reading
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