description: Set on both sides of the Atlantic, Zadie Smith's third novel is a brilliant analysis of family life, the institution of marriage, intersections of the personal and political, and an honest look at people's deceptions. It is also, as you might expect, very funny indeed.    
language: English
title: On Beauty
titlecomplete: On Beauty
characters: Victoria Kipps, Howard Belsey, Jerome Belsey, Kiki Belsey
genres: Fiction, Family, British Literature, Literature, Adult, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction, Race
ratings_count: 80315
places: New England, London, England
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Somerset Maugham Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
category: Comic Fiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in South Asia and Europe
publisher: Penguin Audio