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White Teeth

The iconic, award-winning modern classic celebrates its 25th anniversary

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White Teeth

Written by: Zadie Smith
Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner, Ray Panthaki, Lenny Henry, Sagar Arya
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of White Teeth by Zadie Smith, read by Lenny Henry, Sagar Arya, Pippa Bennett-Warner and Ray Panthaki.

From the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Swing Time, On Beauty and Grand Union

'BELIEVE THE HYPE' The Times

'The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages' Julian Barnes, Guardian

'Street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time' New York Times

'Outstanding' Sunday Telegraph

The international bestseller and modern classic of multicultural Britain - an unforgettable portrait of London

One of the most talked about debut novels of all time, White Teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - 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, it is a life-affirming, riotous must-read of a book.

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What the critics say

Funny, clever ... and a rollicking good read
Do believe the hype, buy into it, curl up with it, savour every sentence, then turn around and re-read
An impressive début, not only for its vitality and verve, but mainly for the sheer audacity of its scope and vision ... an epic tale ... swooping, funny ... it has ambition, wit and is unafraid (Meera Syal)
Announces the debut of a preternaturally gifted new writer ... street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time
Relentlessly funny ... idiosyncratic, and deeply felt
An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious ... I was delighted (Salman Rushdie)
She is . . . a George Eliot of multi-culturalism
[Zadie Smith] is one of the prominent voices of her generation
Britain's finest young author
[Zadie Smith] packs more intelligence, humour and sheer energy into any given scene than anyone else of her generation

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I loved this audiobook, I listened this winter while x country skiing through the fields. The plot goes on tangents and flows in and out of many characters' lives, but it is always compelling. Soon you begin to see their little intricate connections, and their passions burst from every seam of this book. Witty, cunning, full of such specifically tailored observations the author must have lived many lives. The readers are all buttery smooth, and they suit the characters they play for the most part. Every so often an accent is attempted that sort of brings the listener out of the story, but this is rare. Lovely!

Charming characters, bursting with life

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