From the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMEN''S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Swing Time, White Teeth and On Beauty''A pleasure from the first page to the last'' Evening Standard''A glorious concoction by our most beguiling and original prose-wizard'' Independent on Sunday ''Full of humour, the search for love and the fear of death... A touching, thoughtful, deeply felt rite-of-passage novel'' Sunday Telegraph The Autograph Man follows one Alex-Li Tandem: a twenty-something Chinese-Jewish autograph dealer turned on by sex, drugs and organised religion. From London to New York, love to death, fathers to sons, Alex tries to discover how a piece of paper can bring him closer to his heart''s desire. Exposing our misconceptions about our idols - about ourselves - Zadie Smith delivers a brilliant, unforgettable tale about who we are and what we really want to be.