‘A crazy ambidextrous delight’ Michael Ondaatje’Bristling with energy and confidence’ Sunday Times’Spelling-binding’ Mohammed HanifThe blazing debut novel by the Booker Longlisted author of The Seven Moons of Maali AlmeidaWhere is Pradeep S. Mathew – spin bowler extraordinaire and ‘the greatest cricketer to walk the earth’? Retired sportswriter W. G. Karunasena is dying, and he wants to know. W.G. will spend his final months drinking arrack, making his wife unhappy, ignoring his son and tracking down the mysterious Pradeep.