Books by David Winner

A cult novel about Dutch football.

Winner of the Gival Press Novel Award, "The Cannibal of Guadalajara" is a refreshing dark comedy, with a range of characters who commingle between Mexico and Manhattan among their nightmares and dreams. Winner gives the reader surprises of sex and romance and paints a sympathetic and precise description of their world. Wildly imaginative, it paints a lush yet pointedly satirical portrait of New Yorkers in love and lust, baby boomers in mid-life misadventures, Gen-Xers in the grip of perennial childhood, and the aspirations that have led them all astray.

Offering an original look at English football, this title journeys to the heart of Englishness and sheds light on the true nature of a rapidly changing game that was never really meant to be beautiful. It also shows how Victorian sexual anxiety underlies England's many World Cup failures.

A unique World Cup diary from the author of Brilliant Orange and Those Feet