Swing Time Historical Fiction and best friends Sal and

and best friends Sal and Charo are striving to hold on to their dreams in a New York determined to grind them down

triumphed and failed as she looked for him

now a curse that's left her indebted to the cunning spirit world

Part memoir and part manifesto

Swing Time Historical Fiction and best friends Sal and"Smith's thrilling cultural insights never overshadow the wholeness of her characters, who are so keenly observed that one feels witness to their lives." O, The Oprah Magazine "A sweeping meditation on art, race, and identity that may be [Smith's] most ambitious work yet." Esquire A New York Times bestseller Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize An ambitious, exuberant new novel moving from