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008			230622s20122012nyc 000 1 eng d
020			_a9781594203978
082	1		_aFIC SMI _2
100	1		_aSmith, Zadie
245	1	0	_aNW _c/ Zadie Smith
260			_aNew York _b: Penguin Press _c, 2012
300			_a401 p. _c; 24 cm
520			_aPartway through this charged onslaught of a novel, Smith's first in the seven years since On Beauty, a young tough refusing to put out a cigarette on a children's playground says, "You can't really chat to me. I'm Hackney, so," referring to the London borough. Although it gets a rise from his challenger, the comment clarifies Smith's story. Geography is destiny, and NW (North West London), with its housing projects and increasingly marginalized community, is the force shaping the narrative. Natalie Blake (nee Keisha) grew up there but has worked hard, tugged at her Afro-Caribbean roots, and become a lawyer; friend Leah, who also got a degree (as a state-school wild card) and is now "the only white girl on [Council's] Fund Distribution Team," doesn't want to move on. They circle warily, and Natalie eventually circles back, even as other characters-ambitious Felix and heartthrob Nathan, now in the gutter-wash through the you-are-there writing.
546			_aEnglish
586			_aA 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
650	1	4	_aPlanned communities _z-England _z-London _v--Fiction
650		4	_aSocial isolation _v--Fiction
651		4	_aLondon (England) _v--Fiction
942			_cMO
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