{"product_id":"9780140276343","title":"The Autograph Man","description":"Author: Smith, Zadie\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780140276343\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 22 May 2003\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Autograph Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is Zadie Smith's whirlwind tour of celebrity and our fame-obsessed times. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing one Alex-Li Tandem - a twenty-something, Chinese-Jewish autograph dealer turned on by sex, drugs and organised religion - it takes in London and New York, love and death, fathers and sons, as Alex tries to discover how a piece of paper can bring him closer to his heart's desire. Exposing our misconceptions about our idols - about ourselves - Zadie Smith delivers a brilliant, unforgettable tale about who we are and what we \u003ci\u003ereally \u003c\/i\u003ewant to be.\u003cbr\u003e'A glorious concoction written by our most beguiling and original prose-wizard'   \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliant comedy with a tantalising throb of mystic philosophy underneath'   Philip Hensher, Books of the Year, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A pleasure from the first page to the last'  \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Intellectually agile ... ecstatic inventiveness'  \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A classic'  \u003ci\u003eSpectator \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Genuinely funny and entertaining'  \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Vibrant, highly imaginative'  \u003ci\u003eJewish Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Full of irony, humour, the search for love and the fear of death . . . a touching, thoughtful, deeply felt rite-of-passage novel'  \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e%%%\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Autograph Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is Zadie Smith's whirlwind tour of celebrity and our fame-obsessed times. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing one Alex-Li Tandem - a twenty-something, Chinese-Jewish autograph dealer turned on by sex, drugs and organised religion - it takes in London and New York, love and death, fathers and sons, as Alex tries to discover how a piece of paper can bring him closer to his heart's desire. Exposing our misconceptions about our idols - about ourselves - Zadie Smith delivers in \u003ci\u003eThe Autograph Man\u003c\/i\u003e a brilliant, unforgettable tale about who we are and what we \u003ci\u003ereally \u003c\/i\u003ewant to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A glorious concoction written by our most beguiling and original prose-wizard'   \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliant comedy with a tantalising throb of mystic philosophy underneath'   Philip Hensher, Books of the Year, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A pleasure from the first page to the last'  \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Intellectually agile ... ecstatic inventiveness'  \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A classic'  \u003ci\u003eSpectator \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Genuinely funny and entertaining'  \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Vibrant, highly imaginative'  \u003ci\u003eJewish Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Full of irony, humour, the search for love and the fear of death . . . a touching, thoughtful, deeply felt rite-of-passage novel'  \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZadie Smith was born in north-west London in 1975. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Whitbread First Novel Award\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eFirst Book Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, and the Commonwealth Writers' First Book Prize, and was included in \u003ci\u003eTIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005\u003c\/i\u003e. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eOn Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has written two further novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Autograph Man \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNW\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eChanging My Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, and has edited a short-story collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Other People\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e%%%\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Autograph Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is Zadie Smith's whirlwind tour of celebrity and our fame-obsessed times. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing one Alex-Li Tandem - a twenty-something, Chinese-Jewish autograph dealer turned on by sex, drugs and organised religion - it takes in London and New York, love and death, fathers and sons, as Alex tries to discover how a piece of paper can bring him closer to his heart's desire. Exposing our misconceptions about our idols - about ourselves - Zadie Smith delivers in \u003ci\u003eThe Autog\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48128386793630,"sku":"UBD-9780140276343","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780140276343.jpg?v=1786539882","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780140276343","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}