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THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA
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By: |
Hanif Kureishi |
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Paperback |
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£5.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0571200435 |
ISBN 13: |
9780571200436 |
Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
Pub. date: |
5 April, 1999 |
Pages: |
288 |
Description: |
The winner of the Whitbread Best First Novel 1990, this is the story of Karim Amir, "an Englishman born and bred - almost", who lives with his English mother and Indian father in the South London suburbs. It is written by the author of "My Beautiful Launderette" and "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid". |
Synopsis: |
The hero of Hanif Kureishi's debut novel is a dreamy teenager, desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits that the 1970s seem to offer. When the unlikely opportunity of a life in the theatre announces itself, Karim starts to win the sort of attention he has been craving - albeit with some rude and raucous results.'One of the best comic novels of growing up, and one of the sharpest satires on race relations in this country that I've ever read.' Independent on Sunday'This is exactly the novel one hoped Hanif Kureishi would write: utterly irreverent and wildly improper, but also genuinely touching and truthful. And very funny indeed.' Salman Rushdie |
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UK |
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Faber & Faber |
Prizes: |
Winner of Whitbread Prize (First Novel) 1990 |
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