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The Autograph Man

The Autograph Man

The Autograph Man, published in 2002, is the second novel by Zadie Smith. It follows the progress of a Jewish-Chinese Londoner named Alex-Li Tandem, who buys and sells autographs for a living and is obsessed with celebrities. Eventually, his obsession culminates in a meeting with the elusive American-Russian actress Kitty Alexander, a star from Hollywood's Golden Age. In 2003, the novel won the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Literary Prize. The novel was a commercial success, but was not as well received by readers and critics as her previous and first novel, White Teeth . Smith has stated that before she started work on The Autograph Man she had writer's block.


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“She loved you in the morning because the day was new.”

Source: The Autograph Man

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“He had her in his heart, but not always in his mind.”

Source: The Autograph Man

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