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 Relentlessly funny . idiosyncratic, and deeply felt-- Guardian An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious . I was delighted--Salman Rushdie 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.