White Teeth

An unforgettable portrait of London and one of the most talked about debuts of all time!

On New Years Day 1975, the day of his almost-suicide, life said yes to Archie Jones. Not OK or 'You-might-as-well-carry-on-since-you've-started'. A resounding affirmative.
Promptly seizing his second life by the horns, Archie meets and marries Clara Bowden, a Caribbean girl twenty-eight years his junior.
Thus begins a tale of friendship, of love and war, of three culture and three families over three generations...

• 'Street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time' - New York Times;
• 'Outstanding' - Sunday Telegraph;
• 'An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious... I was delighted' - Salman Rushdie.
• 'The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages' - Guardian