Comments on: Cricket in the new world: Netherland by Joseph O’Neill

By: drmony

drmony — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:43:08 +0000

in india cricket is like a religion and i die for cricket

By: Washington Post Book World, postscript « Books to the Ceiling

Washington Post Book World, postscript « Books to the Ceiling — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:12:18 +0000

[...] brings the welcome news that Joseph O’Neill has won the 2009 PEN/Faulkner fiction award for Netherland, a novel that I greatly enjoyed. I’ve long appreciated the Post’s generous coverage [...]

By: “Personal best” for 2008: Fiction, with a (brief, I promise!) sentimental digression « Books to the Ceiling

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:50:22 +0000

[...] Netherland by Joseph O’Neill. This title was recently named by The New York Times as one of the ten best books of this year. [...]

By: The New York Times weighs in on the Best Books of 2008 « Books to the Ceiling

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:16:17 +0000

[...] of titles overall read by Your Faithful Blogger? Four. Yep – four out of a hundred! They are: Netherland by Joseph O’Neill, Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri, When Will There Be Good News? by [...]

By: Stephen Pain

Stephen Pain — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:44:08 +0000

I actually found the descriptions of Trinidad and its fauna & Chuck’s anecdotes about life there more compelling than the cricket – interestingly when it came to cricket, O’Neill used it as a postcolonial focaliser – we see the Other through the game of “Little Old England”. The main emotional centre was the relationship between Hans and Rachel, and this was done well – here there is a key difference between Netherland and the Great Gatsby, the Nick figure is not so detached from the love-interest. As one critic said, it is a three gulps novel – and that cannot be so bad for a literary novel.

By: Roberta Rood

Roberta Rood — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:50:45 +0000

Christopher, thanks for your comment. Of course, I should have guessed there would be cricket fans in the blogosphere. I actually enjoy watching the game – it was reading about it that was causing my eyes to glaze over!
Having said that – I was delighted to be introduced to “Who Only Cricket Know.” I really like the poem!

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:38:24 +0000

As an aficionado of cricket, I’ll have to read Netherland, if for no other reason!!