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One of the most iconic fictional debuts of all time turns 25 this year!

‘What’s past is prologue…’

First published in the year 2000, Zadie Smith’s White Teeth was one of the most celebrated novels of the new millennium. Adored by critics and readers alike, it remains a perennial bestseller, which still delights with the audacity of its scope and vision, its fresh-minted style, and the wit and warmth of its voice.

Funny, generous and big-hearted, it deals – among many other things – with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and biting you on the ankle.

A life affirming, riotous must-read of a book, it won the Guardian First Book Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction and the Whitbread First Novel Award.

‘Curl up with it, savour every sentence, then turn around and reread’ The Times

‘The outstanding debut of the new millennium’ Observe

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Funny, clever ... and a rollicking good read * Independent * Do believe the hype, buy into it, curl up with it, savour every sentence, then turn around and re-read * The Times * An impressive debut, not only for its vitality and verve, but mainly for the sheer audacity of its scope and vision ... an epic tale ... swooping, funny ... it has ambition, wit and is unafraid -- Meera Syal * Express * Announces the debut of a preternaturally gifted new writer ... street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time * The New York Times * An astonishingly assured debut, funny and serious ... I was delighted -- Salman Rushdie Relentlessly funny ... idiosyncratic, and deeply felt * Guardian * She is . . . a George Eliot of multi-culturalism * Daily Telegraph * [Zadie Smith] is one of the prominent voices of her generation * Sunday Times * Britain's finest young author * The List * [Zadie Smith] packs more intelligence, humour and sheer energy into any given scene than anyone else of her generation * Sunday Telegraph * [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 * Time * She is . . . a George Eliot of multi-culturalism * Daily Telegraph * The first publishing sensation of the millennium * Observer * White Teeth reflects a new generation * Guardian * [Zadie Smith] is one of the prominent voices of her generation * Sunday Times *