'A fantastic novel brilliantly crafted ' MARCUS DU SAUTOY 'Enthralling ... not to be missed'
GUARDIAN 'A meticulously constructed marvel ' WASHINGTON POST 'I wish there were more books
like this' ELIF BATUMAN The return of Joseph O'Neill with a story on the scale of the
international phenomenon Netherland : the odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search
of an African football prodigy who might change their fortunes. Mark Wolfe a brilliant if
self-thwarting technical writer lives in Pittsburgh with his wife Sushila and their toddler
daughter. His half-brother Geoff born and raised in the UK is a desperate young football
agent. He pulls Mark across the ocean into a scheme to track down an elusive prospect known
only as "Godwin" - an African teenager Geoff believes could be the next Messi. Narrated in turn
by Mark and his work colleague Lakesha Williams the novel is both a tale of family and
migration and an international adventure story that implicates the brothers in the beauty and
ugliness of football the perils and promises of international business and the dark history
of transatlantic money-making. As only he can do Joseph O'Neill investigates the legacy of
colonialism in the context of family love global capitalism and the dreaming individual.
'Among the best novels I've read in a long time' BILL BUFORD 'Delightful funny ... rapidly
told in masterful prose' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Moving ... enjoyable' THE TIMES 'This has all the
velocity and swerve of an unstoppable free kick' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Joseph O'Neill's novel
Netherland was longlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize
