Higgledy piggledy rooftops and chimneys, some high, some low, packed tightly, shaken fags in a box. Empty State Empire, empty Odeon, graffitistreaked sidings, rising and falling like a rickety rollercoaster. Here’s how she paints a picture of the area as two of her characters go on a bus ride: Most of the action centers on a part of the Northwest called Kilburn, where Smith grew up. This time, she focuses on Northwest London, a formerly Irish area that’s well on its way to becoming an Afro-Caribbean one. With her fourth novel, NW, Smith returns to her old stomping grounds. With its snapshot of multicultural, chaotic urban life, Smith drew comparisons to Charles Dickens for her panoramic illustration of the new millennium’s urbanites. British author Zadie Smith made a name for herself with her debut novel White Teeth, a depiction of three families and two generations of Londoners bound together by unrequited love and a distant war.
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