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The Buddha of Suburbia (1990) is a novel by English author Hanif Kureishi, which won the Whitbread Award for the best first novel. The novel has been translated into 20 languages and was also made into a four-part drama series by the BBC in 1993.
- Hanif Kureishi
- 1990
May 7, 1990 · The Buddha of Suburbia is a unique work of postmodern realism built around the subaltern themes of the diasporic, the suburban, and the matters of class set within 1970s England. The narration flows like life flows — real life, and not what life in fiction is carefully moulded into — and progresses in no particular direction; while ...
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A concise biography of Hanif Kureishi plus historical and literary context for The Buddha of Suburbia.
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May 1, 1991 · A bureaucrat becomes a suburban guru who marries a follower with a son who's a punk rocker named Charlie Hero. Consequently, the guru's son is propelled from his bland life into a series of erotic experiences in London. All the while, Hanif Kureishi keeps the tone lively with wry wit.
- Hanif Kureishi
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- Penguin Books
Jan 8, 2009 · A bureaucrat becomes a suburban guru who marries a follower with a son who's a punk rocker named Charlie Hero. Consequently, the guru's son is propelled from his bland life into a series of erotic experiences in London. All the while, Hanif Kureishi keeps the tone lively with wry wit.
- Hanif Kureishi
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The hero of Hanif Kureishi’s debut novel is dreamy teenager Karim, desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits which the 1970s seem to offer.
