White Teeth Political Freedom & Security We all have "firsts" in

We all have "firsts" in our lives - our nervous first date

Pony Express

with Cesare Borgia making more than one appearance

and all sorts of wonderful details about the beginning of this American tradition await the lucky adventurer who journeys back with the Time-Traveling Twins

Reading and drawing at the same time

White Teeth Political Freedom & Security We all have "firsts" inAt the center of this invigorating novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. Hapless veterans of World War II, Archie and Samad and their families become agents of Englands irrevocable transformation. A second marriage to Clara Bowden, a beautiful, albeit tooth challenged, Jamaican half his age, quite literally gives Archie a second lease on life, and produces Irie, a knowing child whose personality doesnt quite match her name