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The Buddha of Suburbia

Hanif Kureishi, Eli Hirsch · 2017

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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 . . .

Book details

Year
2017
Language
English
Publisher
Faber & Faber, Limited
Editions
15
Reader rating
3.8 / 5 (5)
Pages
304
ISBN
9780571333547

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