![]() ![]() Meanwhile, a chance encounter brings Felix and Nathan together. Despite their friendship and history, the two women find that they are very different from each other socio-economically. While Leah has not managed to venture far from her childhood location, her best friend Natalie, now a successful, self-made barrister, lives in an affluent neighbourhood in a Victorian house. Set in the northwest of London, England, four locals - Leah Hanwell, Natalie (born Keisha) Blake, Felix Cooper, and Nathan Bogle - try to make adult lives outside of Caldwell, the working-class council estate where they grew up. It was nominated for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction. The novel is experimental and follows four different characters living in London, shifting between first and third person, stream-of-consciousness, screenplay-style dialogue, and other narrative techniques in an attempt to reflect the polyphonic nature of contemporary, urban life. It takes its title from the NW postcode area in North-West London, where the novel is set. NW is a 2012 novel by British author Zadie Smith. ![]()
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