The Buddha of Suburbia

Name: The Buddha of Suburbia
Author: Hanif Kureishi

by Hanif Kureishi

Young man finds identity and belonging through Buddhism and rock music

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Hanif Kureishi

British novelist and screenwriter of Pakistani descent whose debut The Buddha of Suburbia won the Whitbread Award. His fiction celebrates the sexual and cultural freedom of multicultural Britain with wit and candor. He is a pioneering figure in British Asian literature.

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