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Joseph O’Neill was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1964 and grew up in Mozambique, South Africa, Iran, Turkey, and Holland. His previous works include the novels This Is the Life and The Breezes and the nonfiction book Blood-Dark Track, a family history centered on the mysterious imprisonment of both his grandfathers during World War II, which was a New York Times Notable Book. He writes regularly for The Atlantic Monthly. He lives with his family in New York City.

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Netherland

Written by Joseph O'Neill

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 7, 2009
Price: $14.95

In a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, and left alone after his English wife and son return to London, Hans van den Broek stumbles upon the vibrant New York subculture of cricket, where he revisits his lost childhood and, thanks to a friendship with a charismatic... Read more >

Netherland
A Novel
Written by Joseph O'Neill

Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $23.95

In a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, Hans—a banker originally from the Netherlands—finds himself marooned among the strange occupants of the Chelsea Hotel after his English wife and son return to London. Alone and untethered, feeling lost in the country he had come to regard as... Read more >

Netherland
A Novel
Written by Joseph O'Neill

Format: eBook, 256 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $14.95

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