num_pages: 464
description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. At the center of this invigorating and hilarious novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal, hapless veterans of World War II, negotiating the complex terrain of England's postcolonial, multicultural society.
language: English
title: White Teeth
titlecomplete: White Teeth (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
characters: Joyce Chalfen, Alfred Archibald Jones, Magid Iqbal, Mr Topps, Clara Bowden, Joshua Chalfen, Millat Zulfikar Iqbal, Irie Ambrosia Jones, Alsana Begum, Marcus Chalfen, Samad Miah Iqbal, Hortense Bowden
genres: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Race, Classics, British Literature, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 152113
places: England, London, England
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Shortlist, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Guardian First Book Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Whitbread Award
category: First Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Puddly Award
category: Debut Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book Overall, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Betty Trask Award
publisher: Turtleback Books