The buddha of suburbia
Kureishi, Hanif2017
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'The Buddha of Suburbia', Hanif Kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young Pakistani growing up in 1970s Britain. Dreamy teenager Karim is desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits which 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.
Main title:
The buddha of suburbia / Hanif Kureishi.
Author:
Kureishi, Hanif, author
Edition:
[New] edition / with an introduction by Zadie Smith.
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2017.
Collation:
xiii, 284 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 1990.This edition originally published: 2015.Healthy reading collection.
Awards:
Whitbread First Novel Award 1990
ISBN:
9780571333547 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92G
LC class:
PR6061.U68
Local class:
FT PbkF
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1889137