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Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith is the British novelist behind White Teeth (2000), On Beauty (Orange Prize 2006), NW, Swing Time, and The Fraud (2023). She also writes long-form essays and short fiction. NYU professor.

Reviews

2

Books on file

2

Avg rating

5.0

Years active

2000-2023

Reviewed

Our reviews of Zadie Smith's work

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What we have said about Zadie Smith

  • The Fraud by Zadie Smith 2023 review. A Scottish housekeeper becomes obsessed with the 1860s Tichborne case. Smith's structural pivot into Victorian historical fiction.

  • White Teeth by Zadie Smith 2000 review. The friendship between Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal, two London immigrants whose families collide across half a century. The 1999 Whitbread debut that announced one of the most important contemporary British novelists.