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“NW” by Zadie Smith: Review

London Calling

In her new novel NW, Zadie Smith returns home to her native hood in London to chart the twisty lives of four people from the same housing estate. Lauren Elkin on the novel’s brilliant vision of London—and self-conscious weaknesses.

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