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The Buddha of Suburbia (1990) is a novel by English author Hanif Kureishi, which won the Whitbread Award for the best first novel. The novel has been translated into 20 languages and was also made into a four-part drama series by the BBC in 1993.
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The Buddha of Suburbia is a British four-part television serial, directed by Roger Michell, originally broadcast on BBC Two in November 1993. Based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Hanif Kureishi, the series starred Naveen Andrews as the main character, Karim Amir.
May 7, 1990 · The Buddha of Suburbia. Hanif Kureishi. 3.74. 19,099 ratings1,179 reviews. 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 adventure and sexual possibilities.
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LitCharts offers a comprehensive guide to Hanif Kureishi's semi-autobiographical novel about a young man's coming of age in 1970s London. Find summaries, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, symbols, and more.
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The Buddha of Suburbia: With Naveen Andrews, Brenda Blethyn, Roshan Seth, David Bamber. Karim's mother is English and his father is Indian. Therefore Karim has some problems with life in British society which is becoming more and more racist and intolerant; he experiences this especially when he pursues acting.
The Buddha of Suburbia. Hanif Kureishi. Faber & Faber, Jan 8, 2009 - Fiction - 288 pages. Winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award 'A wonderful novel. I doubt I will read a funnier one, or...
