Paperback. Pub Date :2013-01-01 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Books This is the story of a city. The northwest corner of a city Here you'll find guests and hosts. those with power and those without it. people. . who live somewhere special and others who live nowhere at all And many people in between. Every city is like this Cheek-by-jowl living Separate worlds. And then there are the visitations:.. the rare times a stranger crosses a threshold without permission or warning. causing a disruption in the whole system Like the April afternoon a woman came to Leah Hanwell's door. seeking help. disturbing the peace. forcing Leah out of her isolation ... Zadie Smith's brilliant tragi-comic new novel follows four Londoners. - Leah. Natalie. Felix and Nathan - as they try to make adult lives outside of Caldwell. the council estate of their childhood From private houses to public ...