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 Kureishi's first novel is Karim, a dreamy teenager, desperate to escape suburban South London and exper
The Buddha of Suburbia
β Scribed by Kureishi, Hanif
- Book ID
- 109113689
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 268 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 014013168X
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β¦ Synopsis
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 adventureοΏ½and sexual possibilities. Life gets more interesting, however, when his father becomes the Buddha of Suburbia, beguiling a circle of would-be mystics. And when the Buddha falls in love with one of his disciples, the beautiful and brazen Eva, Karim is introduced to a world of renegade theater directors, punk rock stars, fancy parties, and all the sex a young man could desire. A love story for at least two generations, a high-spirited comedy of sexual manners and social turmoil, The Buddha of Suburbia is one of the most enchanting, provocative, and original books to appear in years.
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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 adventureοΏ½and sexual possibilities. Life gets more interesting, however, when his father becomes the Buddha of Suburbia, beguili
Winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award βA wonderful novel. I doubt I will read a funnier one, or one with more heart, this year, possibly this decade.β Angela Carter, Guardian The hero of Hanif Kureishiβs first novel is Karim, a dreamy teenager, desperate to escape suburban South London and exper