White Teeth: The iconic, award-winning modern classic from the bestselling author of On Beauty

White Teeth is one of the most celebrated novels of the twenty-first century. 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.

Praise for White Teeth:

‘An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious ... I was delighted’ Salman Rushdie

‘A preternaturally gifted new writer... street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time’ The New York Times

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

‘The outstanding debut of the new millennium’ Observer

‘Funny, clever ... and a rollicking good read’ Independent

‘Smith is a master at detail...a postmodern Charles Dickens’ Washington Post

‘Smith has a real talent for comedy and a fond eye for human foibles’ Wall Street Journal

‘One of the prominent voices of her generation’ Sunday Times