Fans of the late Catherine Cookson will love this moving story

A poignant and mesmerising story of tragedy and triumph from the author of The Stanford Lasses

This charming tale will be perfect for when you want to escape the festive preparations

Announces the debut of a preternaturally gifted new writer ... street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time

Relentlessly funny ... idiosyncratic, and deeply felt

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