Fionnáin reviewed On Beauty by Zadie Smith
"Howard Belsey is an Englishman abroad, an academic teaching in Wellington, a college town in …
Review of 'On Beauty' on 'GoodReads'
3 stars
This story is saved by the far superior second half. Not as engrossing as NW, which I loved deeply, but proof enough that Smith is a master craftsman of personality and metaphor. Race, culture, privilege through comedy and farce. Slow in parts but worth working through.