The book is very clever and quite meta - the plot is a bit muddled and it acknowledges that.

Overall I thought Karunatikala's other book was similar but better, but I had a lot of fun with this book.

It's about an alcoholic man trying to make sense of his life and uncover secrets about cricket. You don't need to like cricket to read it but it would potentially be more difficult to understand if you know nothing about cricket.

Overall it felt long winded in places and there are also so many characters it can be hard to remember who is who, but it's a fun read.