"white teeth" by zadie smith

zadie smith is a fabulous writer. have i said this already? the scope of this novel is massive. it's reminiscent of john irving, however, smith adds a cheeky self-awareness that makes it that much better.

"white teeth" is essentially the story of two families; the joneses and the iqbals. the patriarch's, archie and samad, met during world war ii and the book follows their lives in a north london suburb.

while this book was harder to get through than "on beauty" and veers off into an occasional tangent, it was a worthwhile and meaty read.