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Hanif Kureishi''s cinematic storytelling embraces a wide spectrum of characters from all classes and nationalities, depicting them with compassion, humour and relish, though never fighting shy of controversy. This volume comprises four of Kureishi''s screenplays.

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Omar is a restless young Asian man, caring for his alcoholic father in the hustling London of the mid-1980s. His uncle, a keen Thatcherite, offers Omar an entrepreneurial opportunity to revamp a dingy laundrette, and ambitious Omar rolls up his sleeves, enlisting the assistance of his old school-friend Johnny, who has since fallen in with a gang of neo-fascists. Omar and Johnny soon form an unlikely alliance that leads to business success, as well as other, more intimate surprises.

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)

1980s London, and Sammy and Rosie share an ''open'' marriage, strings of lovers, and a bohemian existence amidst inner-city turmoil. Sammy''s

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: 08/04/2002
      ISBN13: 9780571214334, 978-0571214334
      ISBN10: 0571214339
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Hanif Kureishi''s cinematic storytelling embraces a wide spectrum of characters from all classes and nationalities, depicting them with compassion, humour and relish, though never fighting shy of controversy. This volume comprises four of Kureishi''s screenplays.

      My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

      Omar is a restless young Asian man, caring for his alcoholic father in the hustling London of the mid-1980s. His uncle, a keen Thatcherite, offers Omar an entrepreneurial opportunity to revamp a dingy laundrette, and ambitious Omar rolls up his sleeves, enlisting the assistance of his old school-friend Johnny, who has since fallen in with a gang of neo-fascists. Omar and Johnny soon form an unlikely alliance that leads to business success, as well as other, more intimate surprises.

      Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)

      1980s London, and Sammy and Rosie share an ''open'' marriage, strings of lovers, and a bohemian existence amidst inner-city turmoil. Sammy''s

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