The Autograph Man

“Intelligent… . exquisitely clever… . an ironic commentary about fame, mortality, and the triumph of image over reality.” –“The Boston Globe ”“The same bracing intelligence and salty humor that distinguished her debut… . Smith scatters marvelous sentences and sharp insights on nearly every page.” –“LA Times” “A lovely surprise. Zadie Smith … has come out with a second book that is actually “better” than its predecessor: its dialog funnier, its language even more plugged in, more wired.” –“Esquire ”“A preternaturally gifted … writer [with] a voice that’s street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time.” -“The New York Times”“Savvy, witty and exuberant.” -New York “Daily News”“Smith is young and smart, and … she proves to be an amazingly gifted writer.” -“Washington Post Book World” “Smith writes sharp dialogue for every age and race-and she’s funny as hell.” -“Newsweek” ”[Zadie Smith] possesses a more than ordinary share of talent.” -“USA Today”“Absolutely delightful.” -Alan Cheuse, “Chicago Tribune” “Smith’s clever, aphoristic observations and snappy dialogue are so delightful they tend to become addictive… . [The Autograph Man is] always entertaining.” -“Elle”

Zadie Smith was born in north-west London in 1975. She is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time, as well as The Embassy of Cambodia and the essay collection, Changing My Mind. She is also the editor of The Book of Other People, is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has twice been listed as one of Granta’s 20 Best Young British Novelists. She has won the Orange Prize for Fiction, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award among many others, and been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. Zadie Smith is currently a tenured professor of fiction at New York University and a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She is a regular contributor to the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books.

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