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Title	:	White Teeth
Author	:	Zadie Smith
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 448 pages
Published	:	June 12th 2001 by Vintage (first published April 1st 2000)
Categories	:	Fiction. Contemporary. Novels. European Literature. British Literature. Literary Fiction. Literature. Adult Fiction

White Teeth Paperback | Pages: 448 pages

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At the center of this invigorating novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. Hapless veterans of World War II, Archie and Samad and their families become agents of England’s irrevocable transformation. A second marriage to Clara Bowden, a beautiful, albeit tooth-challenged, Jamaican half his age, quite literally gives Archie a second lease on life, and produces Irie, a knowing child whose personality doesn’t quite match her name (Jamaican for “no problem”). Samad’s late-in-life arranged marriage (he had to wait for his bride to be born), produces twin sons whose separate paths confound Iqbal’s every effort to direct them, and a renewed, if selective, submission to his Islamic faith. Set against London’s racial and cultural tapestry, venturing across the former empire and into the past as it barrels toward the future, White Teeth revels in the ecstatic hodgepodge of modern life, flirting with disaster, confounding expectations, and embracing the comedy of daily existence.

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Original Title:	White Teeth
ISBN:	0375703861 (ISBN13: 9780375703867)
Edition Language:	English URL https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/169680/white-teeth-by-zadie-smith/
Characters:	Alfred Archibald Jones, Samad Miah Iqbal, Clara Bowden, Alsana Begum, Irie Ambrosia Jones, Millat Zulfikar Iqbal, Hortense Bowden, Mr Topps, Joyce Chalfen, Marcus Chalfen, Magid Iqbal, Joshua Chalfen
Setting:	Willesden, North London,1974(United Kingdom)
Literary Awards:	Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2000), Guardian First Book Award (2000), James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction (2000), Whitbread Award for First Novel (2000), John Llewellyn Rhys Prize Nominee (2000) Puddly Award for Debut Novel (2001), National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2000), Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book Overall (2001), Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award (2001), Betty Trask Award (2001)

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I wanted to give this book three stars, and then two stars. If I could give this book zero stars now, I would. I fucking loathed it. I'm sorry, but Zadie Smith is easily one of the three most pretentious writers I've read in the recent past. I literally have nothing more to say to her than that she tries too hard.

One star? Of course this is not a one-star wretched ignominous failure, this is a mighty Dickensian epic about modern Britain. But not for me. It's a question of tone. I have now tried to read this one twice and each time I find I'm groaning quietly and grinding my teeth. Zadie Smith's omniscient narrator, alas for me, has an air of horrible smirkiness, like a friend who just can't help pointing out all the less than pleasant attributes of everyone else, all in the name of life-affirming humour,

Rating: 3.5 Hilariously complex characters. It's insane to think Zadie was practically my age when she began writing this book. How she pulled off accurately depicting 3 different cultures is beyond me, but she did it with wit and grit. By no means is the book perfection, but it is wonderful. I assure you, it's unlike anything you've ever read. There is an air of confidence Zadie writes with which I loved. The story overall is funny but it does deal with complex topics such as culture clash,

Oh Zadie Smith be still my beating heart! I devoured this fabulous novel. Smith is truly a master of plot and her ability to capture the voices of each individual character is inspirational. Never before have I read a novel which such a rich and diverse dramatis personae. I fear that this review is going to become a list of superlatives so I'll quell it here by saying, I loved this and I need to read more Smith now.

As many other reviewers have commented, I wanted to like this book more than I did. It approached greatness in many ways---the clever and often hilarious dialogue, the quirky characters, the creative family histories, the rich and convincing place descriptions, and so on. Despite the strengths of each of these parts, as a whole the book fell far short of greatness. It took me until the final pages to figure out what was missing for me: I did not genuinely care about most of the characters. I did

I loved this book, at times i was laughing out loud. There are just so many layers to her writing...she writes plainly, but intelligently, and it is full of humor and spunk. Her cultural isights are amazing...i swore she was talking about me at one point...and it was nice the way she included smidgens of dialect and superstition from 3 different cultures, with such depth! I completely recommend this book. Josh you were so right!

Wow, what a lot to take in! I won't even attempt to summarise this sprawling, densely-plotted novel - suffice to say that it traces the history of two multicultural London families at the tail end of the 20th century. Along the way themes such as race relations, religious extremism, immigration, and even the ethics of genetic engineering are explored, all with an intoxicating energy and a sparkling sense of humour.The aspect of the book I admired most was its focus on family. Both the Iqbal and