Heartland

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It is Spring 2002, with local elections looming. A mosque is being built on the site where Cinderheath s iconic steelworks once dominated the town. The Tipton Three , from just down the road, are imprisoned in Guantanomo; the BNP expect to win new seats on the council. St. George s flags fly from cars and windows: the World Cup is beginning, England to play Argentina. But first, a controversial Sunday-league football game must take place, billed by the press as a match to spark a race war .

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Very possibly the best novel about the World Cup -- Esquire * Esquire *

Author Bio

Anthony Cartwright was born in Dudley in 1973. In 1993 he left to study English and American literature at UEA. Having worked in factories, meat-packing plants, pubs and warehouses and with London Underground, in 1998 he trained as an English teacher, working for years in East London and now in Nottinghamshire. His debut The Afterglow won much acclaim . and a Betty Trask Award in 2004.