_______________ 'Very original ... I loved it' - Mick Jagger 'This is a little marvel ... funny, clever, illuminating, deeply kind-hearted' - Nicholas Lezard, Guardian 'A lovely little novel ... written with beguiling simplicity' - Lionel Shriver, Daily Telegraph _______________ A perfectly-crafted, funny and moving masterpiece about love, family, passion and whether or not one should always play by the rules. Friday: as a Test match between England and India begins, a woman's attention is torn between her husband's insistence on explaining the rules of cricket, her lover's preference for mystery, and the worrying disappearance of her sixteen-year-old stepson. By Tuesday night the outcome of the match will become clear - but whatever happens, the lives of the players will be changed forever.