On Beauty by Zadie Smith

Author: Zadie Smith Genre: Contemporary, Literary Fiction, British Literature Synopsis: 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. Format: Hardcover, 446 pages Awards: Booker Prize for (2005), Orange Prize for Fiction (2006), Somerset Maugham Award for (2006), Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for None (2006), Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction (2006), Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in South Asia and Europe (2006) Goodreads Rating: 3.78 *This book is pre-loved, but has been carefully l