The Buddha of Suburbia
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4.3 • 18 Ratings
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- £6.49
Publisher Description
'My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred, almost.'
As the teenage hero of Hanif Kureishi's debut novel, Karim is desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits which the 1970s seem to offer. When the unlikely opportunity of a life in the theatre announces itself, he starts to win the sort of attention he has been craving, albeit with some rude and raucous results.
Customer Reviews
Bloody brilliant
I'm not usually one for writing reviews of this kind but it's such a travesty this book has yet to receive a single review that I feel compelled to contribute. Of course it could be that every i-pad user on the planet has already read it which would make perfect sense but if you're reading this review and haven't yet read it then frankly, what the hell have you been doing with your time?
A 'coming-of-age' book like no other that has you gripped from the first page to the last. Set in the seventies, the writing is so colourfully descriptive that if you're 40-something it transports you back to that time with Tardis-like brilliance. If you weren't born in the 70s no matter, read this and you'll feel like you were. In short, stop browsing, buy this book and enjoy one of the best reads you've ever had because it's a belter! An ideal holiday read but take something else with you because you'll whizz through this. As soon as you finish it you'll want to read another one of his books and so you should. I recommend The Black Album, okay it's not a literary classic and it won't ever be studied by spotty 6th formers 50 years from now but it's another bloody brilliant book!