White Teeth

Uncorrected Proof. 8vo. Pp. xi, 462. Glossy pictorial wraps.

Scarce proof signed by Author to title page.

A comic epic of multicultural Britain, Smith's highly acclaimed debut novel, written while still a Cambridge undergraduate. Winner of the 2000 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, the 2000 Whitbread Book Award for best first novel, the Guardian First Book Award, the Commonwealth Writers First Book Prize, and the Betty Trask Award. Included in TIME Magazine's 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. Adapted for the small screen in 2002 by the BBC. "A preternaturally gifted new writer [with] a voice that's street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time." –Michiko Kakutani, New York Times