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  The Buddha of Suburbia

  by Hanif Kureishi

  A love story for at least two generstions, a high-spirited comedy of sexual manners and social turmoil, The Buddha of Suburbia is one of the most enchanting, provocative, and original books to appear in years. "A wickedly funny novel that's at once a traditional comedy of manners and a scathing satire on race relations in Britain."--The New York Times.
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  The Black Album

  by Hanif Kureishi

  Set in London in 1989, the year of the fatwah and the fall of the Berlin Wall, this is a thriller with a background of raves, ecstasy, religious ferment and sexual passion. By the author of "The Buddha of Suburbia" and "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid".
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  Dreaming and Scheming: Reflections on Writing and Politics

  by Hanif Kureishi

  This volume collects the best of the non-fiction writings by Hanif Kureishi since 1985. These include political essays, diaries of film-making collaborations, essays about his father, analyses of both the craft and the job of writing - and, above all, explorations of how the life of the mind expresses itself in creative endeavours.
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  Intimacy

  by Hanif Kureishi

  A novel by the author of "The Buddha of Suburbia" and "My Beautiful Laundrette" which analyzes the agonies and joys of being connected to another person. Jay, who is leaving his partner and their two sons, reflects on the vicissitudes of his relationship with Susan.
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  The "Mother"

  by Hanif Kureishi

  At 65 years of age, May fears that life has passed her by. But then her husband's unexpected death pulls the ground from under her, and she embarks on a passionate affair with Darren. In this tumult, May begins to realize it can take a lifetime to feel truly alive.
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  Sleep With Me

  by Hanif Kureishi

  In Hanif Kureishi's latest play-his first new work for the stage since the 1980s-the century is drawing to a close and the middle-aged media barons and their acolytes have come together in the English countryside in yet another attempt to find meaning in lives filled with work, boredom, and sex. In recounting the casual deceptions and random couplings that make up the center of their existence, Stephen, Charles,... (more)
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  My Ear at His Heart

  by Hanif Kureishi

  A remarkable insight into the birth of a writer, and the moving discovery of family secrets. When Hanif Kureishi discovers an abandoned manuscript of his father's his understanding of the family history is transformed. So begins a journey which takes Kureishi through his father's privileged childhood by the sea in Bombay, to the trauma of partition and to his adult life hidden away in the suburbs of Bromley - his... (more)
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  Something to Tell You: A Novel

  by Hanif Kureishi

  THE STUNNINGLY ORIGINAL, ICONOCLASTIC, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA RETURNS WITH HIS FINEST, MOST EXUBERANT NOVEL. In the early 1980s Hanif Kureishi emerged as one of the most compelling new voices in film and fiction. His movies My Beautiful Laundrette and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid and his novel The Buddha of Suburbia captivated audiences and inspired other artists. In Something to... (more)
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  Gabriel's Gift.

  by Hanif Kureishi

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  Gabriel's Gift

  by Hanif Kureishi

  The protagonist of this novel is a 15-year-old North London schoolboy called Gabriel. He is forced to come to terms with a new life, and use his gift for painting in order to make sense of his world, once the equilibrium of the family has been shattered by his father's departure.
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  My Beautiful Laundrette & Other Writings

  by Hanif Kureishi

  Whitbread Prize winner Kureshi is one of a new generation of British writers whose experience is refracted through his Pakistani heritage. These collected screenplays and essays also include "My Son the Fanatic".
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  The Body: A Novel

  by Hanif Kureishi

  "After a bit you realize there's only one invaluable commodity. Not gold or love, but time." How far are we willing to go to stay young? Hanif Kureishi -- acclaimed author of The Buddha of Suburbia and Intimacy -- explores the possibilities in this provocative story of an older man whose brain is surgically placed in a younger man's body by a network of underground doctors. Adam is offered the chance to... (more)
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  Love in a Blue Time

  by Hanif Kureishi

  This provocative collection of short stories charts the growth of a generation from the liberating irreverence of the late 1970s to the dilemmas of responsibility and fidelity of the 1990s. The stories resonate with Hanif Kureishi's dead-on observations of human passion and folly, his brilliant depiction of seedy locales and magical characters, and his original, wicked sense of humor.