Phong Nha, the Making of an American Smile Alex Ferguson

Phong Nha, the Making of an American Smile Alex FergusonPhong Nha, the Making of an American Smile is a story about a girl who was born missing two of her front teeth and the journey it took to correct this defect. It is also a story about cave formations in Phong Nha, Vietnam; a manmade island called Forest City located along the Strait of Malacca; and the famous tale of three prisoners staring at shadows in a cave. As Nguyens ranging narrative moves through autobiography, politics, geology, and

" Kate Clanchy

unlike the Mobley book

the narrator

renewed attempts

deserves a prize for the best cover photograph - the author seated in a deckchair totally naked except for this laptop' - the Spectator

Indians and Chinese – against the colonial establishment

nation and species

From this imaginative core

What makes us who we are

Banipal 30 celebrates ten years of publishing – translating and showcasing hundreds of Arab authors who have never had their works published in English before

Come and be snagged

Jacob has been sent back to Guyana from Britain after suffering a mental breakdown