White Teeth are regular characters in Zadie Smith’s British romp
British author Zadie Smith is not everyone's cup of tea. I gave up on her novel NW after several tries (thought it was an absolute mess) but I enjoyed Swing Time. I was in a bit of a reading dry spell waiting for several books to become available at the library so I decided to have a go at Smith's first novel, White Teeth. It's the multi-layered story of three generations of immigrants living in Birmingham, trying to cope with blending old country cultures and values with their new life…