White Teeth

<p><b>An unforgettable portrait of London and one of the most talked about debuts of all time!<br><br>'The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages' </b><i>Guardian</i></p><p>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.<br>Promptly seizing his second life by the horns, Archie meets and marries Clara Bowden, a Caribbean girl twenty-eight years his junior.<br>Thus begins a tale of friendship, of love and war, of three culture and three families over three generations . . .<br><b>*****</b><br><br><b>'Street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time' </b><i>New York Times</i><br><br><b>'Outstanding' </b><i>Sunday Telegraph</i><br><br><b>'An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious . . . I was delighted'</b> Salman Rushdie<br></p> <p><b>An unforgettable portrait of London and one of the most talked about debuts of all time!<br><br>'The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages' </b><i>Guardian</i></p><p>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 . . .<b>*****</b><br><br><b>'Street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time' </b><i>New York Times</i><br><br><b>'Outstanding' </b><i>Sunday Telegraph</i><br><br><b>'An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious . . . I was delighted'</b> Salman Rushdie</p>