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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
- 284
- 1990
- 1990
May 7, 1990 · The Buddha of Suburbia. Hanif Kureishi. 3.74. 19,065 ratings1,177 reviews. Karim Amir lives with his English mother and Indian father in the routine comfort of suburban London, enduring his teenage years with good humor, always on the lookout for adventure and sexual possibilities.
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- Paperback
May 1, 1991 · Amazon.com Review. There's quite a bit of activity in Buddha of Suburbia. 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.
- Hanif Kureishi
- $17.99
- Penguin Books
LitCharts offers a comprehensive guide to Hanif Kureishi's semi-autobiographical novel about a young man's coming of age in 1970s London. Find summaries, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, symbols, and more.
The Buddha of Suburbia Summary. Next. Part 1, Chapter 1. Karim is seventeen years old and ready for anything when Dad invites him to accompany him to an "appearance" at Eva Kay's house. There, Karim watches Dad lead affluent Londoners in guided meditation and yoga.
Winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award 'A wonderful novel. I doubt I will read a funnier one, or one with more heart, this year, possibly this decade.'. Angela Carter, Guardian The hero of Hanif...
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.
