The Football Factory is driven by its two main characters—late-twenties warehouseman Tommy Johnson and retired ex-soldier Bill Farrell. Tommy is angry at his situation in life and those running the country. Outside of work, he is a lively, outspoken character, living for his time with a gang of football hooligans, the excitement of their fights and the comradeship he finds with his friends. He is a violent man, at the same time moral and intelligent.Bill, meanwhile, is a f...

Having examined England's twin obsessions - violence and sex - in THE FOOTBALL FACTORY and HEADHUNTERS, John King completes his trilogy with ENGLAND AWAY: sex and violence abroad, under the Union Jack. The novel works on three levels - past, present and future - as pensioner Bill Farrell remembers his war experiences in a London pub, Tommy Johnson fights his way through Holland and Germany for an England football match in Berlin, and Harry considers the future fuelled by doses of Dutch sku...

It is sometime in the future and the individual nations of Europe no longer exist. The EU's mission has reached its final stage in the form of the USE, with power fully centralised. This corporate-driven, closet dictatorship promotes New Democracy, its true nature hidden behind fake smiles, easy debt and empty liberal rhetoric. With the cities run by Good Europeans, locals live as second-class citizens. But across Europe resistance groups fight back, and Britain is no different. In London,...

**A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice“A window to the soul of a great city.” —Inga Saffron, Pulitzer Prize–winning architecture criticA two-time Pulitzer finalist explores the story of American urban design through San Francisco’s iconic Ferry Building.**Conceived in the Gilded Age, the Ferry Building opened in 1898 as San Francisco’s portal to the world—the terminus of the transcontinental railway and a showcase of civic ambition. In silent films ...

“John King is an adventurous avant-garde novelist. The sheer virtuosity of his language overflows with a richness of invention.” —Boyd Tonkin, The IndependentBest known for the social realism of novels such as The Football Factory, Human Punk, and London Country, John King’s writing also carries speculative strands, with his interest in dystopian fiction clear in several books. The Liberal Politics of Adolf Hitler

Guy Psycho and the Postmodernaires are broke.An enigmatic billionaire offers them five million dollars for a private performance of their lounge act. Somehow, that performance includes re-enacting an ancient Assyrian epic deep inside a mountain in Tennessee, in the sub-basement of a mansion that leads all the way to ancient Mesopotamia.To escape, Guy and his bandmates must retrieve a rumored thirteenth tablet of GILGAMESH. If they don't, they can't spend the five million, a...

My Experiences with Death Left Nothing to Fear Excerpt from the prologue: Having been confronted by my death, I chose to accept it. It chose to deny me! Therefore, I have nothing left to fear! The thought of our impending death always lurks beneath the subconscious layers of our mind. Whether we want to or not it's something we dwell on more than we'd like to admit. Questions we pose? How long will I live? How will I die? Peacefully or violently? What's my purpose? Am I here for self-fulfi...

Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs) have become an integral part of the global financial landscape, offering a unique investment vehicle that pools and securitizes corporate loans to provide attractive returns while diversifying risk. Since their inception, CLOs have undergone significant evolution, adapting to changing market dynamics, regulatory frameworks, and investor demands. As we look ahead, the CLO market is poised for continued growth and innovation, driven by technological adv...

Adventurer, Cartoonist, Innovator, Musician, Man of God, Missionary, Trainer … all characterize John King. Eagerly accepting challenges that most would say were impossible or couldn’t be done, and yet inspiring others to participate with him in his radical “Off the Wall” endeavours. From jungles with crocodiles, to participating in the Guinness World Records with his musical saw, John wouldn’t say NO to any opportunity, sometimes to the dismay of his more sensible wife, Laura.John’...

When a boy realises the grown-ups are killing animals and that he has been eating their bodies, he gives up meat. But should he share the truth and break another child's heart? As a youth he wants to believe in the ability of words and peaceful protest to end the slaughter, while struggling to resist a desire for revenge. Now a disillusioned man trying to rebuild his life, he must choose one of two paths. Acceptance means security, but those meat-industry adverts keep taunting him and some...

'John King is an adventurous avant-garde novelist. The sheer virtuosity of his language overflows with a richness of invention.' -Boyd Tonkin, The Independent Best known for the social realism of novels such as The Football Factory, Human Punk, and London Country, John King's writing also carries speculative strands, with his interest in dystopian fiction clear in several books. The Liberal Politics of Adolf Hitler took this further, and the main story in this collection, 'Machine Elves De...

On the 5th day of Creation, some "thing" in Heaven is so awful,the Angels decide they would rather risk an Eternity in Hell,than one more day in the presence of God.This is their story." I was at the edge of my seat from the beginning." Alma Boucher**"Readers will find this story a powerful and sensitive narration of the greatest story of disobedience ever known." Vincent Dublado"Ge...