The Buddha of Suburbia

Name: The Buddha of Suburbia
ISBN: 9780670833429

by Hanif Kureishi

Costa Book · 1990 · Winner

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Literary FictionISBN 9780670833429

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Costa Book of the YearCosta First Novel Award	1990	Winner

About the Author

Hanif KureishiBritish

Hanif Kureishi (born 1954) is a British playwright, screenwriter, and novelist best known for his Oscar-nominated screenplay for My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and the Whitbread Award-winning novel The Buddha of Suburbia (1990). Other notable works include the novel Intimacy (1998) and screenplays like Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987); he has received the CBE in 2008, PEN/Pinter Prize, and acclaim as one of Britain's greatest post-1945 writers.