Scouse Republic

Liverpool beguiles, Liverpool bewilders. Swift's superb analysis gets to the scarred heart of this troubled, beautiful and spirited city * Paul Du Noyer *
[Swift] has a terrific eye for the telling detail . . . You should read this book * Guardian *
Fascinating, funny and full of great stories - just like the city itself -- Alywn Turner
Deftly blends a sweeping, multi-century history of the city's rising and fading fortunes with the cultural vignettes of Beatlemania and Merseybeat, the figure of the "scally" and Liverpool's "birds", and the emergence of football casual culture which began on Anfield and Goodison Park's terraces * New Statesman *