At the center of this invigorating and hilarious novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal, hapless veterans of World War II.
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..
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).
Hapless veterans of World War II, Archie and Samad and their families become agents of England\'s irrevocable transformation.
At the center of this invigorating novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal.
But the truth is that Zadie Smith\'s voice is remarkably, fluently, and altogether wonderfully her own.
Zadie Smith\'s dazzling debut caught critics grasping for comparisons and deciding on everyone from Charles Dickens to Salman Rushdie to John Irving and Martin Amis.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The blockbuster debut novel from a preternaturally gifted writer ( The New York Times ) and author of Swing Time-- set against London\'s racial and cultural tapestry, reveling in the ecstatic hodgepodge of modern life, flirting with disaster, and embracing the comedy of daily existence.
Set against London\'s racial and cultural tapestry, venturing across the former empire\'s past as it barrels toward the future, White Teeth is an international bestseller now available in paperback.
At the center of this invigorating and hilarious novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal, hapless veterans of World War II
