White Teeth

The iconic, award-winning modern classic celebrates its 25th anniversary

By: Zadie Smith

Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner, Ray Panthaki, Lenny Henry, Sagar Arya

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of White Teeth by Zadie Smith, read by Lenny Henry, Sagar Arya, Pippa Bennett-Warner and Ray Panthaki.

From the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Swing Time, On Beauty and Grand Union

'BELIEVE THE HYPE' The Times

'The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages' Julian Barnes, Guardian

'Street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time' New York Times

'Outstanding' Sunday Telegraph

The international bestseller and modern classic of multicultural Britain - an unforgettable portrait of London

One of the most talked about debut novels of all time, White Teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - among many other things - with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and biting you on the ankle, it is a life-affirming, riotous must-read of a book.

Critic reviews

Funny, clever ... and a rollicking good read

Do believe the hype, buy into it, curl up with it, savour every sentence, then turn around and re-read

An impressive début, not only for its vitality and verve, but mainly for the sheer audacity of its scope and vision ... an epic tale ... swooping, funny ... it has ambition, wit and is unafraid (Meera Syal)

Announces the debut of a preternaturally gifted new writer ... street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time

Relentlessly funny ... idiosyncratic, and deeply felt

An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious ... I was delighted (Salman Rushdie)

She is . . . a George Eliot of multi-culturalism

[Zadie Smith] is one of the prominent voices of her generation

Britain's finest young author

[Zadie Smith] packs more intelligence, humour and sheer energy into any given scene than anyone else of her generation

Finally read this classic

Sometimes you think you've read a book if you've seen the mini-series. But you haven't. I am so glad I went back to read this book properly because it is SO good. It hasn't aged. It is a cracking story riven with issues that are still pertinent. And it's funny.
Loved it.

A must read for a modern messy world

a mesmerizing social panorama of modern London with all it's complexity, chaos and plurality. The primary story is of two men of different backgrounds and families and all the noise that flows from that, in a captivatingly seductive narrative voice .The story also offers multiple deep( often comical) insights on history, colonialsim, religion, race, family and belonging.