NW

by Zadie Smith

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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.
  • ISBN10 1101595922
  • ISBN13 9781101595923
  • Publish Date 1 September 2012
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Penguin Press
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 320
  • Language English