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Buddha of Suburbia: A Novel
Published by Viking Press, NY, 1990
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Condition: Very Good
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NY: Viking, 1990 - 1st American Edition - Very Good+ hardcover/Fine dust jacket - 8.75" tall - date written in and scribbled out on last page, otherwise like new - 284pp. Fiction: South Asia immigrants in contemporary suburban London. ISBN: 0-670-83342-8 Author's first novel. Seller Inventory # FE022403
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Title: Buddha of Suburbia: A Novel
Publisher: Viking Press, NY
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: As New
Edition: 1st Edition
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Synopsis:
Karim's father becomes London's buddha of suburbia and draws his young son into an overwhelming world of punk rockers, eccentric theater people, extravagant parties, and, of course, lavish sex
Review:
There's quite a bit of activity in Buddha of Suburbia. A bureaucrat becomes a suburban guru who marries a follower with a son who's a punk rocker named Charlie Hero. Consequently, the guru's son is propelled from his bland life into a series of erotic experiences in London. All the while, Hanif Kureishi keeps the tone lively with wry wit. On the description of suburban life: "We were proud of never learning anything except the names of footballers, the personnel of rock groups and the lyrics to 'I Am the Walrus.'" He also bends cultures, classes and genders while blasting the racism of British life in this 1990 Whitbread Prize winner.
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