"My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred, almost..." The her
o 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 t
o 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 so
me rude and raucous results. With the publication of Buddha of Suburbia, Hanif K
ureishi landed into the literary landscape as a distinct new voice and a fearles
s taboo-breaking writer.
