{"product_id":"godwin","title":"Godwin","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted' MARCUS DU SAUTOY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Enthralling ... not to be missed' GUARDIAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A meticulously constructed marvel' WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'I wish there were more books like this' ELIF BATUMAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMark 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNarrated 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs only he can do, Joseph O'Neill investigates the legacy of colonialism in the context of family love, global capitalism, and the dreaming individual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted' MARCUS DU SAUTOY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Among the best novels I've read in a long time' BILL BUFORD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'This has all the velocity and swerve of an unstoppable free kick' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Absorbing ... picaresque' VOGUE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'An astonishing marathon of storytelling' KIRKUS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoseph O'Neill's novel Netherland was longlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFiction: general and literary, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: Identity \/ belonging, Narrative theme: Social issues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoseph O'Neill\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e304 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 216mm W: 135mm Spine: 25mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 280 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FOURTH ESTATE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43784384544918,"sku":"9780008284053","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/files\/jacket---2024-06-20T164250-158.jpg?v=1718858657","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/godwin","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}