Obama endorsement strikes gold for Cork-born author

CELEBRITY endorsement doesn’t come much better than this.

The ‘Obama book bump’ has struck gold for Cork-born author Joseph O’Neill following a glowing review of his acclaimed novel Netherland from the US commander-in-chief.

In an interview for the upcoming issue of the New York Times magazine, the president said he had grown tired of briefing books, and has been spending his evenings with O’Neill’s novel – the first non-business reading he’s allowed himself since Inauguration Day.