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White Teeth

White Teeth
Zadie Smith

White Teeth is a 2000 novel by the British author Zadie Smith. It focuses on the later lives of two wartime friends—the Bangladeshi Samad Iqbal and the Englishman Archie Jones—and their families in London. The novel is centred around Britain's relationships with people from formerly colonised countries in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.The book won multiple honours, including the 2000 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, the 2000 Whitbread Book Award in category best first novel, the Guardian First Book Award, the Commonwealth Writers First Book Prize, and the Betty Trask Award. Time magazine included the novel in its list of the 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.

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“.. and the devil won another easy hand in God's poker game.”

Zadie Smith book White Teeth

White Teeth (2000)

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“He talked and talked, the kind of talking you do to stave off the inevitable physical desire. The kind of talk that only increases it.”

Zadie Smith book White Teeth

White Teeth (2000)

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“His mind was a small thing with big holes through which passions regularly seeped out.”

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White Teeth (2000)

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“Revelation is where all crazy people end up. It's the last stop on the nutso express.”

Zadie Smith book White Teeth

White Teeth (2000)

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“Ryan's freckles were a join-the-dot's enthusiast's wet dream.”

Zadie Smith book White Teeth

White Teeth (2000)