Netherland. Joseph O'Neill.

I've just finished this and really enjoyed it; it was recommended by two of the girls in Lutyens and Rubinstein, our -excellent and previously posted on- local bookshop in London. Both of them raved about it and said that they had 'been giving it to all of the men they could think of' for some time. At the centre of the plot is cricket, but you don't need to enjoy the sport to love this. Weirdly, it has a recommendation from Barack Obama on the cover; I'm amazed he finds time for novels.