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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.

The Buddha of Suburbia

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Winner of the Whitbread Prize for Best First NovelThere was one copy going round our school like contraband. I read it... Read more

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

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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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