The Buddha of Suburbia

Hanif Kureishi author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:4th May '17

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'Utterly irreverent and wildly improper, but also genuinely touching and truthful. And very funny indeed.' Salman Rushdie

"My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred, almost. When the unlikely opportunity of a life in the theatre announced itself, Karim starts to win the sort of attention he has been craving - albeit with some raucous results.

"My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred, almost. . ."

Meet the hero of Hanif Kureishi's seminal debut novel, as he dreams of escape from suburban South London, desperate to experience the forbidden fruits which the 1970s seem to offer. When the unlikely opportunity of a life in the theatre announced itself, Karim starts to win the sort of attention he has been craving - albeit with some raucous results.

ISBN: 9780571333547

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 18mm

Weight: 253g

304 pages

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