Godwin
- Author Joseph O'Neill
- Narrator Karen Chilton, Kirby Heyborne
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 4 June 2024
- Run Time 12 hours and 32 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Humorous fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Social issues.
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What to expect
‘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
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.
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 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.
Narrated 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.
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.
'Among the best novels I’ve read in a long time' BILL BUFORD
‘Delightful, funny … rapidly told in masterful prose' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Moving … enjoyable' THE TIMES
'This has all the velocity and swerve of an unstoppable free kick' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Joseph O’Neill's novel Netherland was longlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize
Critics Review
u2018Ou2019Neillu2019s storytelling here has an enthralling fireside quality u2026 A book to sink into, in other words, and one not to be missedu2019 Guardian
nu2018A meticulously constructed marvel u2026 Nobody elseu2019s fiction tears up the ground quite like Ou2019Neillu2019s profoundly introspective novels u2026 his stories are marvels of narrative magic and stylistic panache u2026 Like Godwin, this novelist is a player whose charges and feints will leave you amazed u2014 and defeatedu2019 Washington Post
nu2018Delightful, funny u2026 rapidly told in masterful prose' Financial Times
n'Erudite, wide-roving, politically engaged' Telegraph
nu2018Ou2019Neill is to privileged white guys in crisis what Sally Rooney is to young intellectuals in loveu2026 A new and moving take on his usual tale of masculine doom, which gives this deceptively light comic novel a subtly profound undertowu2026itu2019s all enjoyableu2019 The Times
nu2018Absorbing u2026 picaresqueu2019 Vogue
n'Exciting and incisive u2026 This has all the velocity and swerve of an unstoppable free kick' Publishers Weekly
n'Minute, hilariously observed, and poignant u2026 replete with laugh-out-loud observations, gorgeously turned phrases, and exhilarating dialogue u2026 I wish there were more books like this' Elif Batuman, author of Either/Or
nu2018A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted, using such a clever lens to explore the world of football u2026 I loved itu2019 Marcus du Sautoy, author of Around the World in 80 Games
nu2018A comedic hunt for raw footballing talent in Africa explores a new kind of colonialism' Guardian
n'Populous, lively and intellectually challenging' New York Times Book Review
n'I didnu2019t want it to end u2026 You absolutely have to read this u2026 What an achievement. Among the best novels Iu2019ve read in a long time' Bill Buford, author of Among the Thug
n'An astonishing marathon of storytelling' Kirkus Reviews
nu2018An exercise in realism by one of its finer contemporary disciplesu2019 Vulture
n| Author | Joseph O'Neill |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Karen Chilton, Kirby Heyborne |
| Duration | 12 hours and 32 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780008284077 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Genre | Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Humorous fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Social issues |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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