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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 home, Hans stumbles upon the vibrant New York subculture of cricket, where he revisits his lost childhood and, thanks to a friendship with a charismatic and charming Trinidadian named Chuck Ramkissoon, begins to reconnect with his life and his adopted country. Ramkissoon, a Gatsby-like…

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Editions

8 editions · 2 languages
  • Ebook · English · 2008
    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9780307377593
  • Other · English · 2012
    HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 300 pages · 9780007380787
  • Other · English · 2009
    W F Howes · 340 pages · 9781407434056
  • Other · English · 2008
    Fourth Estate · 247 pages · 9780007269068
  • Other · English · 2008
    Center Point Pub. · 9781602853140
  • Other · English · 2008
    Pantheon Books · 256 pages · 9780307377043
LiteraturePEN/Faulkner Award WinnerImmigrantsFictionLarge type booksFictional Works