One of the most talked about fictional deacute;buts of the last decade, White Teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing among many other things with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and biting you on the ankle, it is a life-affirming, riotous must-read of a book.