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.

'A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted' MARCUS DU SAUTOY

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. Netherlandreceived 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.