One of theNew York Times Book Review‘s 10 Best Books of 2012

Set in northwest London, Zadie Smiths brilliant tragicomic novel follows four localsLeah, Natalie, Felix, and Nathanas they try to make adult lives outside of Caldwell, the council estate of their childhood. In private houses and public parks, at work and at play, these Londoners inhabita complicated place, as beautiful as it is brutal, where the thoroughfares hide the back alleys and taking the high road can sometimes lead you to a dead end. Depicting the modern urban zonefamiliar to city-dwellers everywhereNWis a quietly devastating novel of encounters, mercurial and vital, like the city itself.

• Paperback:416 pages
• Publisher:Penguin Books; Reprint edition (August 27, 2013)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:0143123939
• ISBN-13:9780143123934
• Product Dimensions:5.5 x 0.8 x 8.3 inches
• Shipping Weight:12.2 ounces