Joseph O’Neill

Find out what Joseph O'Neill has been reading and watching recently.

Novelists Joseph O’Neill, author of Netherland; Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin; and Julia Glass, author of The Whole World Over, discuss how they addressed 9/11 in their work, the challenges of writing about the attacks and their aftermath, and how 9/11 has influenced their writing, the stories they wanted to tell, and fiction as a whole over the last ten years.

Joseph O’Neill, author of the novel Netherland, tells a personal family history. His grandfathers—one Turkish, one Irish—were both imprisoned during the Second World War. In Blood-Dark Track: A Family History, he traces their stories, set against the history of the last century's most inhuman events.

Joseph O’Neill, author of the novel Netherland, tells a personal family history. His grandfathers—one Turkish, one Irish—were both imprisoned during the Second World War. In Blood-Dark Track: A Family History, he traces their stories, set against the history of the last century's most inhuman events.

Joseph O’Neill’s new novel, Netherland, has gotten great reviews. Its Dutch-born narrator Hans van den Broek seeks solace after 9/11 in his love for New York City and for the sport of cricket.