One of the New York Timess 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction, another bestselling masterwork from the celebrated author of Swing Time and White Teeth

“In this sharp, engaging satire, beauty’s only skin-deep, but funny cuts to the bone.” Kirkus Reviews

Having hit bestseller lists from the New York Times to the San Francisco Chronicle, this wise, hilarious novel reminds us why Zadie Smith has rocketed to literary stardom. On Beauty is the story of an interracial family living in the university town of Wellington, Massachusetts, whose misadventures in the culture warson both sides of the Atlanticserve to skewer everything from family life to political correctness to the combustive collision between the personal and the political. Full of dead-on wit and relentlessly funny, this tour de force confirms Zadie Smith’s reputation as a major literary talent.

Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for fiction, anotherbestselling masterworkfrom the celebrated author ofSwing TimeandWhite Teeth

Having hit bestseller lists from theNew York Timesto theSan Francisco Chronicle, this wise, hilarious novel reminds us why Zadie Smith has rocketed to literary stardom.On Beautyis the story of an interracial family living in the university town of Wellington, Massachusetts, whose misadventures in the culture warson both sides of the Atlanticserve to skewer everything from family life to political correctness to the combustive collision between the personal and the political. Full of dead-on wit and relentlessly funny, this tour de force confirms Zadie Smith’s reputation as a major literary talent.

• Paperback:445 pages
• Publisher:Penguin Books; Later edition (August 29, 2006)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:0143037749
• ISBN-13:9780143037743
• Product Dimensions:8.4 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight:12 ounces