The Autograph Man
A Novel
We live in a world of signs.
But not everybody has to trade in them....
Alex-Li Tandem sells autographs. A small blip in a huge worldwide network of desire, his business is to hunt for names on paper, collect them, sell them, and occasionally fake them—all to give the people what they want: a little piece of Fame. But what does Alex want? Only the return of his father, the reinstatement of some kind of all-powerful, benevolent God-type figure, the end of religion, something for his headache, three different girls, infinite grace, and the rare autograph of forties movie actress Kitty Alexander. With fries.
The Autograph Man is a deeply funny existential…
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April 24, 2018
Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW, Swing Time, and The Fraud; as well as a novella, The Embassy of Cambodia; three collections of essays, Changing My Mind, Feel Free, and Intimations; a collection of short stories, Grand Union; and a play, The Wife of Willesden, adapted from Chaucer. She is also the editor of The Book of Other People. Zadie Smith was born in north-west London, where she still lives.
Dead and Alive
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In the Wild
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White Teeth
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The Fraud
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The Wife of Willesden
Zadie Smith
The Surprise
Zadie Smith and Nick Laird; illustrated by Magenta Fox
Recitatif
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Penguin Readers Level 7: White Teeth
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Grand Union
Zadie Smith
Intimations
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The Measure of Our Lives
Toni Morrison; Foreword by Zadie Smith
Feel Free
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The Autograph Man
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White Teeth
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Code Noir
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Unrest
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Every Living Thing
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Caledonian Road
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The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1
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Wild Houses
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Homesickness
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Medicine Wheel for the Planet
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The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 2
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A Minor Chorus
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Coexistence
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Wînipêk
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How It Works Out
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Just Once, No More
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