One of the
New York Times
’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction, another bestselling masterwork from the celebrated author of
Swing Time
and
White Teeth
"In this sharp, engaging satire, beauty's only skin-deep, but funny cuts to the bone." —
Kirkus Reviews
Having hit bestseller lists from the
to the
San Francisco Chronicle
, this wise, hilarious novel reminds us why Zadie Smith has rocketed to literary stardom.
On Beauty
is the story of an interracial family living in the university town of Wellington, Massachusetts, whose misadventures in the culture wars—on both sides of the Atlantic—serve to skewer everything from family life to political correctness to the combustive collision between the personal and the political. Full of dead-on wit and relentlessly funny, this tour de force confirms Zadie Smith's reputation as a major literary talent.