- Published: 14 August 2017
- ISBN: 9780241981399
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 560
- RRP: $22.99
White Teeth
- Published: 14 August 2017
- ISBN: 9780241981399
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 560
- RRP: $22.99
Funny, clever ... and a rollicking good read
Independent
Do believe the hype, buy into it, curl up with it, savour every sentence, then turn around and re-read
The Times
An impressive début, not only for its vitality and verve, but mainly for the sheer audacity of its scope and vision ... an epic tale ... swooping, funny ... it has ambition, wit and is unafraid
Meera Syal, Express
Announces the debut of a preternaturally gifted new writer ... street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time
The New York Times
An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious ... I was delighted
Salman Rushdie
Relentlessly funny ... idiosyncratic, and deeply felt
Guardian
She is . . . a George Eliot of multi-culturalism
Daily Telegraph
[Zadie Smith] is one of the prominent voices of her generation
Sunday Times
Britain's finest young author
The List
[Zadie Smith] packs more intelligence, humour and sheer energy into any given scene than anyone else of her generation
Sunday Telegraph
[White Teeth] established a model for how to make sense-and art-out of the complexity, diversity and pluck that have defined the beginning of this century
Time
Funny, clever ... and a rollicking good read
Independent
Do believe the hype, buy into it, curl up with it, savour every sentence, then turn around and re-read
The Times
An impressive début, not only for its vitality and verve, but mainly for the sheer audacity of its scope and vision ... an epic tale ... swooping, funny ... it has ambition, wit and is unafraid
Meera Syal, Express
Announces the debut of a preternaturally gifted new writer ... street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time
The New York Times
An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious ... I was delighted
Salman Rushdie
Relentlessly funny ... idiosyncratic, and deeply felt
Guardian