Godwin by Oneill Joseph
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‘O’Neill’s storytelling here has an enthralling fireside quality … A book to sink into, in other words, and one not to be missed’ Guardian
‘A meticulously constructed marvel … Nobody else’s fiction tears up the ground quite like O’Neill’s profoundly introspective novels … his stories are marvels of narrative magic and stylistic panache … Like Godwin, this novelist is a player whose charges and feints will leave you amazed — and defeated’ Washington Post
‘Absorbing … picaresque’ Vogue
'Exciting and incisive … This has all the velocity and swerve of an unstoppable free kick' Publishers Weekly
'Minute, hilariously observed, and poignant … replete with laugh-out-loud observations, gorgeously turned phrases, and exhilarating dialogue … I wish there were more books like this' Elif Batuman, author of Either/Or
‘A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted, using such a clever lens to explore the world of football … I loved it’ Marcus du Sautoy, author of Around the World in 80 Games
‘A comedic hunt for raw footballing talent in Africa explores a new kind of colonialism' Guardian
'I didn’t want it to end … You absolutely have to read this … [Like] nothing except maybe Heart of Darkness and Marlow and Joseph Conrad at his bestWhat an achievement. Among the best novels I’ve read in a long time' Bill Buford, author of Among the Thug
‘An exercise in realism by one of its finer contemporary disciples’ Vulture
‘Crystalline prose and keen observations on family and postcolonialism as seen through the seedier side of the global soccer industry make this a winner’ Boston Globe
‘Populous, lively and intellectually challenging’ New York Times Book Review
'O’Neill has a gift for finding humor in emotional stress, and it shines … An astonishing marathon of storytelling … Another exceptional entry in the O’Neill corpus' Kirkus Reviews
'A wondrous novel, full of insights' Booklist
Joseph O'Neill was born in Ireland and grew up in Mozambique, Iran, and the Netherlands. After working in England as a barrister, he moved to New York, where he lives with his family. His most recent novels, The Dog and Netherland, were longlisted for the Booker Prize. Netherland received the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Kerry Fiction Prize. Joseph O'Neill's short stories appear regularly in the New Yorker, and his nonfiction has been published in the Guardian, the Irish Times, and the New York Review of Books.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9780008284046 |
| ISBN 10 | 0008284040 |
| Titel | Godwin |
| Autor | Joseph O'neill |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2024-06-06 |
| Seitenanzahl | 304 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
| Hinweis | Nicht verfügbar |