NW A Novel [Paperback]

One of theNew 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—NWis a quietly devastating novel of encounters, mercurial and vital, like the city itself.
A 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist

One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2012

One of TIME's Top 10 Fiction Books of 2012

One of The Wall Street Journal's Best 10 Fiction Books of 2012

A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book of 2012

“A boldly Joycean appropriation, fortunately not so difficult of entry as its great model… Like Zadie Smith’s much-acclaimed predecessorWhite Teeth(2000),NWis an urban epic.”—Joyce Carol Oates,The New York Review of Books

“[NW] is that rare thing, a book that is radical and passionate and real.”—Anne Enright,The New York Times Book Review

Endlessly fascinating... remarkable. ...The impression of Smith's casual brilliance is what constantly surprises, the way she tosses off insights about parenting and work that you've felt in some nebulous way but never been able to articulate. —Ron Charles,The Washington Post

A marvelously accomplished work, perhaps her most polished yet. —Laura Miller,Salon