Godwin

From the acclaimed author of Netherland (a New York Times Book Review Best Book of the year): the odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African soccer 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 United Kingdom, is a desperate young soccer 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 Lionel Messi.

Narrated in turn by Mark and his work colleague Lakesha Williams, Godwin is a tale of family and migration as well as an international adventure story that implicates the brothers in the beauty and ugliness of soccer, 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.

Author: Joseph O'Neill
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 06/04/2024
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780593701324


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2024 pg. 5
Publishers Weekly 02/05/2024
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2024
Booklist 04/15/2024 pg. 15
BookPage 06/01/2024

About the Author
JOSEPH O'NEILL was born in Ireland and grew up in Mozambique, Iran, Turkey, and Holland. His previous novels include the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning Netherland and the Booker Prize long-listed The Dog. O'Neill's short fiction appears regularly in The New Yorker and his political essays in The New York Review of Books. He lives in New York City.