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| The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith | ||
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| Deeply funny, subversive and splendidly entertaining, The Autograph Man is a whirlwind tour of celebrity and our fame-obsessed times. Following one Alex-Li Tandem - a twenty-something, Chinese-Jewish autograph dealer turned on by sex, drugs and organised religion - it takes in London and New York, love and death, fathers and sons, as Alex tries to discover how a piece of paper can bring him closer to his heart's desire. Exposing our misconceptions about idols - about ourselves - The Autograph Man is a brilliant, unforgettable tale about who we are and what we really want to be. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Zadie Smith was born in north-west London in 1975 and continues to live in the area. The Autograph Man is her second novel. Her first, White Teeth, was the winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction and the Commonwealth Writers' First Book Award. She was chosen by Granta as one of the Best of Young British Novelists 2003. |
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