From the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Swing Time, White Teeth and On Beauty - a masterful and intimate novel of modern London life'A triumph. Every sentence sings' Guardian'Intensely funny, richly varied, always unexpected. A joyous, optimistic, angry masterpiece' Daily Telegraph'Smith's most satisfying novel.

Funny, sexy, weird, full of acute social comedy. She's up there with the best around' Evening StandardZadie Smith's brilliant tragicomic NW follows four Lon...

Book of the Year 2023 according to New York Times, New Yorker, Guardian, Economist, Observer, The Spectator, Financial Times, Vogue, The Times, The Oldie, i Paper, The Standard, Washington Post, Independent, Daily Express

SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WRITERS’ PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024

ONE OF SARAH JESSICA PARKER’S BEST BOOKS OF 2023

LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2024

‘A writer at the peak of her powers’ The Telegraph

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