The Autograph Man is Zadie Smith`s whirlwind tour of celebrity & our fame-obsessed times. Following one Alex-Li Tandem
- a twenty-something, Chinese-Jewish autograph dealer turned on by sex, drugs & organised religion
- it takes in London & New York, love & death, fathers & 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 & what we really want to be. ”A glorious concoction written by our most beguiling & original prose-wizard”. (Independent on Sunday). ”A brilliant comedy with a tantalising throb of mystic philosophy underneath”. (Philip Hensher, Books of the Year, Spectator). ”A pleasure from the first page to the last”. (Evening Standard). ” Intellectually agile.. .ecstatic inventiveness”. (Time). ”A classic”. (Spectator). ” Genuinely funny & entertaining”. (Guardian). ” Vibrant, highly imaginative”. (Jewish Chronicle). ” Full of irony, humour, the search for love & the fear of death.. .a touching, thoughtful, deeply felt rite-of-passage novel”. (Sunday Telegraph).