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Awards

Orange Prize for Fiction : Shortlist 2005

Synopsis

Deeply funny, subversive and splendidly entertaining, The Autograph Man is a whirlwind tour of celebrity and our fame-obsessed times. Following one Alex-Li Tandem – a twenty-something, Chinese-Jewish autograph dealer turned on by sex, drugs and organized 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 – The Autograph Man is a brilliant, unforgettable tale about who we are and what we really want to be.

Reviews

Customer Review: 09 September 2006

Reviewer: santosh rajguru, solapur.

I thouroughly influenced by the presentation of multiculturism of zadie, in a different manner, which appeals every non-english people & we understand the changing face of ENgland.

Critic Review:

‘Wonderfully funny. A pleasure from the first page to the last’ 
Evening Standard

‘Dazzling, original. The most pleasurable read I have had in an age. A classic’ 
Spectator

‘Full of irony, humour, the search for love and the fear of death … a touching, thoughtful, deeply-felt rite of passage novel’
Sunday Telegraph

‘Sharp and tender. Her ear for dialogue [is] pitch perfect’ 
Daily Mail

‘Genuinely funny and entertaining’ 
Guardian

‘A glorious concoction written by our most beguiling and original prose-wizard’ 
Independent on Sunday

‘A triumph’ 
Newsnight Review

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