Is there anything more likely to take the shine off an affa… - Zadie Smith

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Is there anything more likely to take the shine off an affair that when the lover strikes up a convivial relationship with the lovee's mother.

Zadie Smith

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Zadie Smith (born October 27, 1975) is a British novelist. Her fiction is mainly set in London.

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Alternative Names: Zadie Adeline Smith

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Is there anything more likely to take the shine off an affair that when the lover strikes up a convivial relationship with the lovee's mother. - Zadie Smith

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