num_pages: 542
description: 'White Teeth' is a comic epic of multicultural Britain which tells the story of immigrants in England over a period of 40 years.
language: English
title: White Teeth
titlecomplete: White Teeth
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: Vintage International