Zadie Smith: ‘The American Exception’

Author Zadie Smith wrote a powerpful piece for The New Yorker in which she writes that death comes to all – but how in America it has long been considered reasonable to offer the best chance of delay to the highest bidder. Smith visited the John Adams in 2016 to discuss her novel Swing Time.



Author Zadie Smith wrote a powerpful piece for The New Yorker in which she writes that death comes to all – but how in America it has long been considered reasonable to offer the best chance of delay to the highest bidder. Smith visited the John Adams in 2016 to discuss her novel Swing Time.


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