by ZadieSmith (Author)
In the author's words, this is "an attempt at a comic family epic of Little England into which an explosion of ethnic colour is injected", telling the story of three families, one Indian, one white, one mixed, in North London and Oxford from World War II to now.
Format: Import
Pages: 480
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Published: 27 Jan 2000
ISBN 10: 024113997X
ISBN 13: 9780241139974
Book Overview: S 2001 Mail on Sunday / John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
Prizes: Winner of The Commonwealth Writer's Prize Best First Book Eurasia 2001 and WH Smith Book Awards: New Talent 2001 and Betty Trask Award 2001 and Whitbread Book Awards: First Novel Category 2000 and Guardian First Book Award 2000 and Whitbread Prize (First Novel) 2000. Shortlisted for Whitbread Book Awards: Book of the Year 2000 and Orange Prize for Fiction 2000.