Here's a great book I read recently. I used to travel into London to work, and for a while most EVERYONE in the carriages on the tube was reading this.
It's called White Teeth by Zadie Smith. She's an young anglo-indian woman who grew up near were I was born in NorthWest London.
The story weaves in and out of the lives of a white/jamaican family and their indian friends.
It does contains some swearing (although not offensively) in the context of the conversations going on.
But it is such a true and good representation of modern urban life - it's also very funny and the national characteristics are very well observed and on occasions gently mocked.
It's great for getting a taste of the real London - hard but human.
I don't know if it's available all over the world - but I know Zadie won lots of awards (it was her first novel).
Check it out!
It's called White Teeth by Zadie Smith. She's an young anglo-indian woman who grew up near were I was born in NorthWest London.
The story weaves in and out of the lives of a white/jamaican family and their indian friends.
It does contains some swearing (although not offensively) in the context of the conversations going on.
But it is such a true and good representation of modern urban life - it's also very funny and the national characteristics are very well observed and on occasions gently mocked.
It's great for getting a taste of the real London - hard but human.
I don't know if it's available all over the world - but I know Zadie won lots of awards (it was her first novel).
