One of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2012

Set in northwest London, Zadie Smith's brilliant tragicomic novel follows four locals--Leah, Natalie, Felix, and Nathan--as they try to make adult lives outside of Caldwell, the council estate of their childhood. In private houses and public parks, at work and at play, these Londoners inhabit a complicated place, as beautiful as it is brutal, where the thoroughfares hide the back alleys and taking the high road can sometimes lead you to a dead end. Depicting the modern urban zone--familiar to city-dwellers everywhere--NW is a quietly devastating novel of encounters, mercurial and vital, like the city itself.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 08/27/2013
ISBN: 9780143123934
Pages: 401
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Books & Culture 07/01/2013 pg. 22
New York Times Book Review 09/01/2013 pg. 28