The New York Times has finally discovered Monica Ali’s amazing new book, Brick Lane. Actually they quite like the book.

Ali’s first book has spent most of this summer on the British best-seller lists, a popular success fueled by a critical one: earlier this year, Granta named her as one of Britain’s 20 best young novelists. It was a remarkable choice — she hadn’t yet published a word — but no one who reads ”Brick Lane” will doubt its justice.