About the book
Set in London, Zadie Smith's debut novel follows Archie Jones, an Englishman, and Samad Iqbal, best friends whose bond dates from the Second World War. Their families, the Joneses and the Iqbals, make an unlikely pairing across three generations and three cultures. Archie weds Clara Bowden, a far younger Jamaican woman, while Samad, a waiter and father of twin boys, finds it hard to hold on to his Muslim faith in an English life. The novel turns on Britain's relationship with immigrants from the Commonwealth, and much of it is funny. It won the Whitbread Book Award for best first novel and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and Time named it among its 100 best English-language novels.
Michelle Obama said she loves how it weaves together family, parenting, religion and politics, and that it is also just plain funny.
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I love the way the story weaves together so many complex and powerful forces that affect our lives and our relationships — family and parenting, religion and politics, and so much more. Plus, it’s just plain funny. I love books that make me laugh every now and then.
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