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Netherland by Joseph O'Neill

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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Finally someone has written an intelligent novel that deals with that great American sport . . . cricket.

Cricket! you exclaim. What's American about that? But listen to Chuck Ramkissoon, the flamboyant West Indian at the center of Joseph O'Neill's recent novel Netherland, and he will set you straight.

"Cricket was the first modern team sport in America,"…

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