Swing Time by Zadie Smith

Swing Time is a novel written by British author Zadie Smith that was published in November 2016. The story is set in London, New York, and West Africa, and it centers on two girls who can tap dance, alluding to Smith's childhood love of tap dancing.

Swing Time, a "best friend bildungsroman" in the Elena Ferrante mold, tells the story of two brown girls from London's neighboring housing estates who both want to be dancers. It's a close but complicated friendship that comes to an abrupt end in their twenties, never to be rekindled but never completely forgotten. Underneath the virtuosic plot is a sharp social commentary on progress: Smith questions whether the ability to change is truly a form of power. With changing identities, the narrator seeks, above all, a sense of belonging. Could that location be your best friend?

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