Winner of a Commonwealth Writers Prize
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize
Shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award
‘A brilliant and original book’
Set in London against the background of Nelson Mandela’s release, this novel follows what begins as an ordinary day in the life of Anthony Northleach. He ruminates on his marriage, his work, rugby and politics, until his day takes on the aspect first of a waking dream then of a true nightmare.
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize
Shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award
‘A brilliant and original book’
Sunday Telegraph
‘Glitteringly entertaining’
The Times
Set in London against the background of Nelson Mandela’s release, this novel follows what begins as an ordinary day in the life of Anthony Northleach. He ruminates on his marriage, his work, rugby and politics, until his day takes on the aspect first of a waking dream then of a true nightmare.
Reviews
Glitteringly entertaining.
A hugely readable, beautifully written, thoughtful book.
A brilliant and original book ... There can be nothing derivative about a novelist with Justin Cartwright's fresh accuracy of perception, which provides constant small shocks of recognition ... funny as well as bleak, and full of humanity. This is a novel that tackles all the big state-of-the modern-world themes; it is also intensely readable