description: Recently divorced Archie is all set to kill himself when he meets a young Jamaican woman who turns his life around.
language: English
title: White Teeth: A Novel
titlecomplete: White Teeth: A Novel
characters: Joyce Chalfen, Magid Iqbal, Mr Topps, Alsana Begum, Millat Zulfikar Iqbal, Hortense Bowden, Alfred Archibald Jones, Marcus Chalfen, Irie Ambrosia Jones, Samad Miah Iqbal, Clara Bowden, Joshua Chalfen
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Race
ratings_count: 152152
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: RECORDED BOOKS, LLC