The Buddha of Suburbia, Hanif Kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young Pakistani growing up in 1970s Britain. Karim lives with his Mum and Dad in a suburb of south London and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big city. But his father is no ordinary Dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the East. Among his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious Eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in Barons Court, Karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed of .
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Hanif Kureishi
Nasceu em Bromley, sul de Londres, em 1954, de mãe inglesa e pai paquistanês. Estudou filosofia no King's College (Londres). É dramaturgo, contista e roteirista dos filmes Minha adorável lavanderia - ganhador de diversos prêmios e indicado para o Oscar em 1987 - e Sammy e Rosie, ambos dirigidos por Stephen Frears. Escreveu e dirigiu London kills me, filme lançado em 1991. Seu primeiro romance, o aclamado O buda do subúrbio, foi adaptado para a televisão pela BBC.
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