Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile

Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and Portico Prize for Literature''As funny and sad as anything by Dunbar herself'' Observer, Books of the Year''One of the great debut novels of the century, ...

Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and Portico Prize for Literature''As funny and sad as anything by Dunbar herself'' Observer, Books of the Year''One of the great debut novels of the century, and one of my very favourite books ever.'' David PeaceThey used to say I had a chip on my shoulder. Whatever that means. I couldn''t ever work that out but I know I always felt that I wasn''t as good as other people. I was angry. Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile tells the story of the tragically short life of playwright Andrea Dunbar. Interweaving fact and fiction, letters and scripts, newspaper stor