“Astonishing, dazzling. Really - without exaggeration - not since Dickens has there been a better observer of London scenes. Zadie Smith is a genius. It's hard to imagine a better novel this year - or this decade”
— A.N. Wilson
“Intensely funny, richly varied, always unexpected. A joyous, optimistic, angry masterpiece. No better English novel will be published this year”
— Philip Hensher, Daily Telegraph
“Her dialogue sings and soars; terse, packed and sassy. Smith is simply wonderful: Dickens's legitimate daughter”
— Boyd Tonkin, Independent
“Captivating. Funny, sexy, weird, full of acute social comedy, like London. She's up there with the best around”
— Evening Standard
“Marvellous . . . crackles with reflections on race, music and migration. A lyrical fiction for our times”
— Spectator
“Undeniably brilliant . . . rush out and buy this book”
— Observer
“Absolutely brilliant. So electrically authentic”
— TIME
Year
2012
Pages
335
Praise
“Astonishing, dazzling. Really - without exaggeration - not since Dickens has there been a better observer of London scenes. Zadie Smith is a genius. It's hard to imagine a better novel this year - or this decade”
— A.N. Wilson
“Intensely funny, richly varied, always unexpected. A joyous, optimistic, angry masterpiece. No better English novel will be published this year”
— Philip Hensher, Daily Telegraph
“Her dialogue sings and soars; terse, packed and sassy. Smith is simply wonderful: Dickens's legitimate daughter”
— Boyd Tonkin, Independent
“Captivating. Funny, sexy, weird, full of acute social comedy, like London. She's up there with the best around”
— Evening Standard
“Marvellous . . . crackles with reflections on race, music and migration. A lyrical fiction for our times”
— Spectator
“Undeniably brilliant . . . rush out and buy this book”
— Observer
“Absolutely brilliant. So electrically authentic”
— TIME
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