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The Buddha of Suburbia (Paperback)

by Hanif Kureishi (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber; New edition edition (8 April 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571142745
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571142743
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,225 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The winner of the Whitbread Best First Novel 1990, this is the story of Karim Amir, "an Englishman born and bred - almost", who lives with his English mother and Indian father in the South London suburbs. It is written by the author of "My Beautiful Launderette" and "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid".

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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A search for identity crossing the boundaries of hybridity., 10 Jan 2002
By lilmerricks@hotmail.com (Northamptonshire, England) - See all my reviews
Hanif Kureshi introduces us to the world of Karim, who, as a Seventeen year old boy with an English mother and an eccentric Indian father, is searching for his own identity. Karim is more of an English youth than the exotic Indian boy as everyone percieves him to be. Indeed, his English step-brother is more exotic than him. Karim experiments with new ideas in his search to find himself, he is not pinned down to any place or group of people. Instead, he is able to mix with anyone, and move around in any social circle in 1970s London. It is his hybridity that allows him to do this. He is neither one thing or another.
A very amusing and thought provoking novel. It opens the world up, and at the same time it makes it seem more familiar to us. We learn a great deal about ourselves through it.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars zeitgeist of late 70s society, music and parental divorce., 22 Feb 2001
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A humerous, intellectual and very observed insight into the growing up of a British Indian, his sexuality, viewpoints, career and family life. Based in the late 70s it encompasses wonderfully all the pains and joys of school to adulthood from the perspective of the voyeur, or should that be involved observer?
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars an interesting thought provoking book, 31 Aug 2000
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This review is from: The Buddha of Suburbia (FF Classics) (Paperback)
It was only pure chance when I picked up this book, I had very little idea of what the book was about and how wonderful a writer Hanif Kureishi really is. Karim is a typical teenager with some problems growing up, especially when his family insist on throwing interesting challenges at him which he has to deal with along with the troubles of being a teen, for example his yoga loving father leaves his mother for another woman whose son really turns Karim on. It was very interesting to read what Karim does and how he faces his problems. Very satisfying to read the last page.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Funny, entertaining, and deeper than you realise
A great comic novel set in the 1970s, The Buddha of Suburbia is a coming-of-age story centred on Karim. Read more
Published 4 months ago by BookWorm

4.0 out of 5 stars Celibacy in the suburbs....? I doubt it
Hailing from the borough of Bromley myself (albeit growing up there in a different decade), this book has been on my "I really should read that" list for years. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Pamela Learmonth

2.0 out of 5 stars Rather slow moving and lacking in a good thread throughout
This is a book that received much acclaim at the time, although frankly speaking I struggled through it. Read more
Published 11 months ago by John M

5.0 out of 5 stars Unlike anything you've ever read
A fair and balanced review would conclude that if you are conservative minded, prudish, not interested in music/popular culture and too sensitive to palate Asians engaging in... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Lord Kinky Gallupstien

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money...
It's one of those books that's received more acclaim than it deserves, the reasons why it receives any acclaim at all leave me at somewhat of a loss. Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2007 by Ibrahim Ali

5.0 out of 5 stars A classy book about class
A very well-written and interesting account on life in the late 70's London, seen through the eyes of Karim; half English, half Indian. Read more
Published on 6 July 2007 by Lou Ice

4.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected
I have only just read this book, having missed reading it when it was first published. I wasn't expecting the story to be so funny and I giggled aloud several times while reading... Read more
Published on 1 Jun 2007 by lilysmum

5.0 out of 5 stars An exceptional novel
The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi is truly an exceptional novel about the 70;s decade in London. Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2006 by P. DATTA

4.0 out of 5 stars A refreshing perspective
What I love most about this book is that it stays away from ye olde stereotype of 'British Asians' .Oh, and it's really funny. Read more
Published on 25 July 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars friggin excellent...
this has to be a cult book. it is absolutely amazing giving a storyline that i have never read before and doubt i ever will in the near future. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2004 by Dan

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