On Beauty

Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for fiction, another bestselling masterwork from the celebrated author of Swing Time and White Teeth

"In this sharp, engaging satire, beauty's only skin-deep, but funny cuts to the bone." --Kirkus Reviews

Having hit bestseller lists from the New York Times to the San Francisco Chronicle, this wise, hilarious novel reminds us why Zadie Smith has rocketed to literary stardom. On Beauty is the story of an interracial family living in the university town of Wellington, Massachusetts, whose misadventures in the culture wars--on both sides of the Atlantic--serve to skewer everything from family life to political correctness to the combustive collision between the personal and the political. Full of dead-on wit and relentlessly funny, this tour de force confirms Zadie Smith's reputation as a major literary talent.

Author: Zadie Smith
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 09/01/2006
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780143037743
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 09/17/2006 pg. 32
Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2008 pg. 100
Entertainment Weekly 12/11/2009 pg. 80
Newsweek 12/21/2009 pg. 74
Village Voice 12/23/2009 pg. 28

About the Author
Zadie Smith was born in Northwest London in 1975 and still lives in the area. She is the author of White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, Changing My Mind, NW, and most recently Swing Time.