The Buddha of Suburbia

The Buddha of Suburbia
by Hanif Kureishi

The Buddha of Suburbia
List Price: $15.00
Our Price: $8.49
You Save: $6.51 (43%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.87 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions


(Click here)
Buy this book at online book store in your country
Canada | UK | Germany | France

Book Summary Information

Author: Hanif Kureishi
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1991-05-01
ISBN: 014013168X
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Summary of The Buddha of Suburbia

A love story for at least two generstions, a high-spirited comedy of sexual manners and social turmoil, The Buddha of Suburbia is one of the most enchanting, provocative, and original books to appear in years. "A wickedly funny novel that's at once a traditional comedy of manners and a scathing satire on race relations in Britain."--The New York Times.
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.

Literary Books

Book Subjects
Most talked about in Literary Books
Island (Perennial Classics) ImageIsland (Perennial Classics)
by Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Published: 2002-07-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.00
Price in other shops: $14.99
Angels ImageAngels
by Marian Keyes
William Morrow; Published: 2002-05-28; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.40
Price in other shops: $24.95
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ImageA Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
Harper; Published: 2001-11-13; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.86
Price in other shops: $23.99
The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation ImageThe Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation
by Paulo Coelho
Harper; Published: 2006-07-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.50
Price in other shops: $24.95
Boonville: A Novel ImageBoonville: A Novel
by Robert Mailer Anderson
Harper Perennial; Published: 2003-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.01
Price in other shops: $12.99
Caramelo ImageCaramelo
by Sandra Cisneros
HarperAudio; Published: 2002-10-01; Audio Cassette; Book
Best price: $6.99
Price in other shops: $39.95
Headhunter ImageHeadhunter
by Timothy Findley
PERENNIAL PUBLICATIONS; Paperback; Book
The Crimson Petal And The White ImageThe Crimson Petal And The White
by Michel Faber
Harcourt, Inc./Harvest; Published: 2003; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.50
Great Expectations ImageGreat Expectations
by Charles Dickens
Macmillan Pub Co; Published: 1979-06; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops: $12.10
This Side of Paradise ImageThis Side of Paradise
by Fitzgerald
Scribner Paper Fiction; Published: 1988-09-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.95
Price in other shops: $6.95
Similar Books and other products
The Lonely Londoners (Longman Caribbean Writer Series) ImageThe Lonely Londoners (Longman Caribbean Writer Series)
by Samuel Selvon
Longman; Published: 1989-01-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.42
Price in other shops: $16.00
Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968 ImageUnder a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968
by Heda Margolius Kovaly
Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc.; Published: 1997-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.20
Price in other shops: $16.50
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit ImageOranges Are Not the Only Fruit
by Jeanette Winterson
Grove Press; Published: 1997-08-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.87
Price in other shops: $14.95
The Road to Wigan Pier ImageThe Road to Wigan Pier
by George Orwell
Mariner Books; Published: 1972-10-18; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.99
Price in other shops: $14.00
Look Back in Anger (Plays, Penguin) ImageLook Back in Anger (Plays, Penguin)
by John Osborne
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 1982-11-18; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.47
Price in other shops: $12.00
Western Civilization: Volume C: Since 1789 ImageWestern Civilization: Volume C: Since 1789
by Jackson J. Spielvogel
Wadsworth Publishing; Published: 2008-01-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $50.00
Price in other shops: $132.95
Money (Rougon-Macquart) ImageMoney (Rougon-Macquart)
by Emile Zola
Mondial; Published: 2007-03-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.91
Price in other shops: $24.95
The German Worker: Working-Class Autobiographies from the Age of Industrialization ImageThe German Worker: Working-Class Autobiographies from the Age of Industrialization
University of California Press; Published: 1987-11-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $17.97
Price in other shops: $29.95
Giovanni's Room ImageGiovanni's Room
by James Baldwin
Delta; Published: 2000-06-13; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.80
Price in other shops: $14.00
White Teeth: A Novel ImageWhite Teeth: A Novel
by Zadie Smith
Vintage; Published: 2001-06-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.00
Price in other shops: $15.95
Book store. Illustrated catalog of books on different categories