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White Teeth

Zadie Smith

White Teeth On New Year's morning, 1975, Archie Jones sits in his car on a London road and waits for the exhaust fumes to fill his Cavalier Musketeer station wagon. Archie--working-class, ordinary, a failed marriage under his belt--is calling it quits, the deciding factor being the flip of a 20-pen...

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

The book was brought up while discussing Salman Rushdie, with the speaker noting that his novel’s tone and liveliness reminded them of the book. The host also cited it as a key work in Zadie Smith’s back catalogue, urging listeners to read it. Both mentions framed the title as a vibrant, must‑read novel.

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Episode: Best Of: Salman Rushdie Is Not Who You Think He Is

It was compared to the Satanic Verses, noting that Rushdie's book reminded the speaker of White Teeth's tone and liveliness.

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It reminded me as a book, more than anything else, as I read it, of White Teeth by Zadie Smith.

Episode: Zadie Smith on Populists, Frauds and Flip Phones

The host mentioned the novel as part of Zadie Smith's back catalogue, implying it as a noteworthy work to read.

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If you've not read her back catalog like White Teeth and On Beauty and Swing Time, I almost envy you.

Pivot

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Pivot

Mike Birbiglia mentioned Zadie Smith's work as consistently impressive and praised a piece she wrote about Mark Zuckerberg, which resonated with his own views on Silicon Valley.

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Zadie Smith's stuff is always fantastic.

— Episode: The Harris Campaign's Got Jokes, Tubi's...

Episode: The Harris Campaign's Got Jokes, Tubi's Taking Ove...

Mike Birbiglia mentioned Zadie Smith's work as consistently impressive and praised a piece she wrote about Mark Zuckerberg, which resonated with his own views on Silicon Valley.

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Zadie Smith's stuff is always fantastic.

Fresh Air

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Fresh Air

The host highlighted that the title was Zadie Smith's critically acclaimed bestselling debut, published when she was 25 in 2000, and noted her current perspective as a 50‑year‑old reflecting on generational gaps. The mention served to illustrate her career timeline rather than to recommend the work directly.

Episode: Remembering Architect Frank Gehry

The host noted that it is Zadie Smith's critically acclaimed bestselling first novel, published when she was 25 in 2000, and that she is now 50.

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Zadie Smith, her critically acclaimed bestselling first novel, White Teeth, was published when she was 25 in the year 2000. Now she's 50 and is looking at life as a middleaged woman and is thinking about the current generation gaps, including between millennials and Gen Xers.

Episode: Remembering Architect Frank Gehry

The host noted that Zadie Smith's critically acclaimed bestselling debut, White Teeth, was first published when she was 25 in 2000, and that she is now 50.

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Zadie Smith, her critically acclaimed best-selling first novel, White Teeth, was published when she was 25 in the year 2000. Now she's 50 and is looking at life as a middle-aged woman and is thinking about the current generation gaps, including between millennials and Gen Xers.

Episode: Best Of: Zadie Smith / Maria Bamford

The host mentioned White Teeth as the debut novel that established Zadie Smith as a bestselling author.

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including the novels White Teeth and On Beauty. Her new book, The Fraud, is a historical novel...

Smith became a critically acclaimed, bestselling author in her midtwenties with the publication of her novel White Teeth.

Episode: Zadie Smith On 'The Fraud'

The book was cited as the breakthrough novel that made Smith a critically acclaimed bestselling author in her midtwenties.

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She became a critically acclaimed bestselling author in her midtwenties with the publication of her novel White Teeth.

Episode: Best Of: Lucy Liu / Zadie Smith

The host noted that Zadie Smith had published her debut novel, White Teeth, in 2000 when she was twentyfive, highlighting its critical success and bestseller status.

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My guest Zadie Smith is probably tired of hearing this next sentence, but here goes. She published her first novel, White Teeth, in the year 2000 when she was 25. It was a critical success and an international bestseller.

Episode: Zadie Smith Asks, What Makes Us Feel Alive?

Her first novel, White Teeth, was noted as having been published in 2000 when she was 25 and became a critical and international bestseller.

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She published her first novel, White Teeth, in the year 2000 when she was 25.

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Stay Tuned with Preet

It was mentioned for its character that was radicalized against Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses', never having read it. It was discussed in the context of Rushdie's influence on the author.

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And in her first novel, which was published when she was 24, White Teeth, there's a character who is radicalized, terribly unsophisticated, and there's a scene of him walking to a demonstration, clear...

— Episode: Salman Rushdie's Defiance (with David Re...

Episode: Salman Rushdie's Defiance (with David Remnick)

It was mentioned for its character that was radicalized against Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses', never having read it. It was discussed in the context of Rushdie's influence on the author.

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And in her first novel, which was published when she was 24, White Teeth, there's a character who is radicalized, terribly unsophisticated, and there's a scene of him walking to a demonstration, clearly against satanic verses, against Rushdie. And one of his friends says, did you read the book? And he says, no, of course not.

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