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Winner of the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel

There was one copy going round our school like contraband. I read it in one sitting ... I'd never read a book about anyone remotely like me before.-- Zadie Smith

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

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. 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.

With the publication of Buddha of Suburbia, Hanif Kureishi landed into the literary landscape as a distinct new voice and a fearless taboo-breaking writer. The novel inspired a ground-breaking BBC series featuring a soundtrack by David Bowie.

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      Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/1/1991
      ISBN13: 9780140131680, 978-0140131680
      ISBN10: 014013168X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Winner of the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel

      There was one copy going round our school like contraband. I read it in one sitting ... I'd never read a book about anyone remotely like me before.-- Zadie Smith

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

      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. 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.

      With the publication of Buddha of Suburbia, Hanif Kureishi landed into the literary landscape as a distinct new voice and a fearless taboo-breaking writer. The novel inspired a ground-breaking BBC series featuring a soundtrack by David Bowie.

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