The Buddha of Suburbia (book)

The Buddha of Suburbia, written by Hanif Kureishi, won the Whitbread Award for the best first novel, and was also made into a television series by the BBC with a soundtrack by David Bowie.

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Hanif Kureishi - Whitbread Award - BBC - Soundtrack - David Bowie

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It was first published by Faber and Faber in London, England in 1990 (Paperback, 1991, ISBN 0-57114-274-5).

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Faber and Faber - London - England - 1990

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The story is about an Indian immigrant, a boring bureaucrat living with his family in a grey London suburb, who suddenly is discovered by the London high society, that is hungry for exotic distractions, and so he becomes their Buddha-like-guru, though he himself does not believe in this role. His son does not believe in him either, and at the same time has his first erotic experiences. A rather funny novel on cultural, class and gender differences, and how the British way of life copes with these.

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India - Guru - British

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ISBN 0-14013-168-X (Paperback). Penguin publ., USA. 1991.

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