International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award 2002

White Teeth chronicles the experiences of two eccentric multiracial families based in London and spanning twenty-five years during the last half of the twentieth century. The friendship of the fathers, Archibald and Samad, dates back to their shared experiences during World War II. Archibald Jones marries Clara, a nineteen-year-old Jamaican who escaped from her Jehovah's Witness upbringing. Samad and Alsana Iqbal have twin sons, Millat and Magid, one of whom they send back to Bangladesh to be raised far from the corruption of post-war Britain. The riotous and tortured histories of the Joneses and the Iqbals are fundamentally intertwined, capturing an empire's worth of cultural identity, history and hope.

White Teeth	Nominated ISBNs: 0375501851 024113997X	Find out more about the author on the following websites: A Boldtype review of White Teeth with links to author interview and an excerpt from the novel Offers author profile
by
Zadie Smith

Nominated by:
Houston Public Library, Houston, U.S.A Richland County Public Library, Columbia, U.S.A Glasgow City Libraries, Glasgow, Scotland National Library & Information Systems, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, U.S.A Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A Mariehamns Stadsbibliotek, Mariehamn, Finland Liverpool Libraries & Information Services, Liverpool, England Durban Metropolitan Library Services, Durban, South Africa

Books nominated for the 2002 Award
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