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Memoirs of An Asian Football Casual review " a tour de force by Arifa Akbar

Curve, LeicesterHareet Deol and Jay Varsani are astonishing in this adaptation of Riaz Khan's book about masculinity and identity "Growing up a young Pakistani boy in Leicester was tough," writes Riaz Khan. His 2010 memoir traces just how tough it was facing far-right racist violence in the 1980s. Khan found refuge in football hooliganism, joining Leicester City's firm, the Baby Squad, whose members were multicultura…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM on October 4, 2018

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