Godwin / Joseph O'Neill.
"Netherland: the odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African soccer prodigy who might change their fortunes. Mark, a millennial technical writer who lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Sushila, and their toddler daughter, grew up a world apart from his much younger half-brother Geoff. Raised in the UK by the mother who deserted Mark when she divorced his dad and married a richer man, Geoff is now a fast-talking soccer agent, who pulls Mark across the ocean into a scheme to find an elusive prospect known only as "Godwin"--an African teenager Geoff believes will be the next Pele. All they have to go on is a video of Godwin; they don't even know which country it was shot in. Narrated in turns by the intellectually rigorous yet self-thwarting Mark, and Lakesha Williams, the conscientious leader of the writers' collective where he works, the novel becomes a twisty international adventure that is part heart-of-darkness and part American Main Street in the 2010s--deliciously far-flung geographically, ethically, and emotionally. Godwin immerses us in the hazy world of high-stakes soccer-recruiting and the beautiful game itself, weaving the search for Godwin together with the moving story of Mark's mixed-race family and Lakesha's surprising path into their lives."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593701324
- ISBN: 0593701321
- Physical Description: 277 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
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Subject: | Brothers > Fiction. Soccer > Scouting > Fiction. Racially mixed families > Fiction. International travel > Fiction. Soccer players > Fiction. Families > Fiction. |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. Sports fiction. |
Available copies
- 17 of 22 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
Holds
- 3 current holds with 22 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Swansboro Branch Library | FIC ONEILL (Text) | 36015001898952 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |