The first work of genius to come out of Russia since the Revolution

One of the great events in man's literary and moral history

Belongs to that small group of novels by which all others are ultimately judged

Not since Shakespeare has love been so fully, vividly, scrupulously and directly communicated

A dazzling hall of mirrors... Ferociously ambitious... Illumined by a fizzing passion for the recondite

An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious ... I was delighted

She is . . . a George Eliot of multi-culturalism

[Zadie Smith] is one of the prominent voices of her generation

Britain's finest young author

[Zadie Smith] packs more intelligence, humour and sheer energy into any given scene than anyone else of her generation

[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

The first publishing sensation of the millennium

White Teeth reflects a new generation

[Zadie Smith] is one of the prominent voices of her generation