Zadie Smith: On bad girls, good guys and the complicated midlife

Once you reach the mid thirties, time speeds up intolerably and life becomes more complicated. Interview with writer Zadie Smith about her acclaimed new novel NW; a portrait of modern urban life and the unravelling of a generation. Aged just 24, having published her best seller White Teeth, Zadie Smith was already being compared to Salman Rushdie. Three novels and thirteen years later, and Zadie Smith s interest in examining perceived wisdom has resulted in the tragicomic novel NW (2012), which take