Cinderheath is in a state of molten flux. A mosque is about to be built on the site of the iconic steelworks. The `Tipton Three' are in Guantanamo, kids run wild on the grounds. A schoolboy whom Rob is teaching to read is stabbed in a gang attack. Within this cauldron, two local football teams, split along racial lines, play a Sunday league decider-'a match to spark a Black Country race war' says the press. While England plays Argentina for the World Cup, the characters gather-Rob, Glenn, Jim, Tom, and Stacey behind the bar-to see what hope and solidarity they still share.
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"A great book about football . . . captures just what it's like to be engaged in the complex plot of a game, whether as fan or a player. If you read a better complement to the game this year you’ll be lucky." —When Saturday Comes
"An impressive novel, glimpsed through the prism of a pair of football matches." —Guardian
"A writer with a wonderful ear for dialect and an unblinking sense of Britain as it is today. Anthony Cartwright’s patient, attentive storytelling shines a glowing light on areas of our common experience." —Jonathan Coe, author, The Rotters' Club
"This slice-of-life novel is ambitiously structured. A welcome and timely take on England now, from a talented and thoughtful writer." —Independent
"The real strength of this novel lies in the vivid Black Country vernacular and the framework carefully constructed to fit the football match in Sapporo." —Daily Mail
"Movingly traverses the territory of the human heart." —Independent on Sunday
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Anthony Cartwright is the author of The Afterglow, which was awarded a Betty Trask Award in 2004.
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