Dead and AliveBy: Zadie Smith An illuminating new essay collection from one of the most distinctive, exciting and acclaimed writers of her generation, Zadie Smith Zadie Smith is a wonderful essayist. She is a natural. She writes as she thinks, and she thinks crisply and exactly Tessa Hadley, Guardian In this keenly awaited new collection, Zadie Smith brings her unique skills as an essayist to bear on a range of subjects which have captured her attention in recent