I really loved this book! I found it waiting for me at the Peace Corps China free book shelf in Chengdu, China. It is in good shape and mysteriously absent of any markings or proof that someone read it and loved it before. How did it get here? Who knows, but I loved this book filtered through a Dutch man's view of New York City and friendships with various other immigrants in NYC, most of them Caribbean. Such a cool and fun read while commuting by bus to school and back! Yay!

Received as a RABCK. Thank you so much!
I shall look forward to reading this book.

I'm so glad I read this book. It was wonderful. Who would ever have thought that an author could be clever enough to get me to empathise with a central character who is a Dutch Stock Analyst.
Simply but wonderfully written and crammed with observation that makes the book a joy to read.

Reserved for 300 anniversary RABCK

No takers on the RABCK so back to AVL status

Reserved for OzVBB

Off to the Northern Territory as Amber's OzVBB selection.
Hope you enjoy it.

Arrived today, with a travelling companion. Thank you.

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 and charming Trinidadian named Chuck Ramkissoon, begins to reconnect with his life and his adopted country. As the two men share their vastly different experiences of contemporary immigrant life in America, an unforgettable portrait emerges of an "other" New York populated by immigrants and strivers of every race and nationality.

On the bookswap shelf.