White Teeth
Ranked #19 in Multiculturalism, Ranked #25 in London — see more rankings.
At the center of this invigorating novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. Hapless veterans of World War II, Archie and Samad and their families become agents of England’s irrevocable transformation. A second marriage to Clara Bowden, a beautiful, albeit tooth-challenged, Jamaican half his age, quite literally gives Archie a second lease on life, and produces Irie, a knowing child whose personality doesn’t quite match her name (Jamaican for “no problem”). Samad’s late-in-life arranged marriage (he had to wait for his bride to be born), produces twin sons whose separate... more
Rankings by Category
White Teeth is ranked in the following categories:
- #98 in Black Author
- #82 in Immigration
- #53 in UK
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