The Black Album - by Hanif Kureishi (Paperback)

Name: The Black Album - by Hanif Kureishi (Paperback)
Brand: Scribner Book Company
SKU: 91352976
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The second novel from one of the most celebrated voices in British fiction and film, The Black Album is an exhilarating multicultural coming-of-age tale featuring Shalid, a sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll-loving Pakistani student torn between a love affair with a gorgeous, free-spirited college professor and his desire to please his conservative Muslim community.
About the Author: Hanif Kureishi is a novelist, screenwriter, and playwright.
288 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary

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About the Book

A young man is caught between sexual fever and religious ferver in this hilarious, provocative novel by the acclaimed author of The Buddha of Suburbia. "Hanif Kureishi's book . . . crackles with identity politics, conflict, an d humor. . . . Kureishi handles it all with grace, wit, and generosity".--Dan Levy, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review.

Book Synopsis

The second novel from one of the most celebrated voices in British fiction and film, The Black Album is an exhilarating multicultural coming-of-age tale featuring Shalid, a sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll-loving Pakistani student torn between a love affair with a gorgeous, free-spirited college professor and his desire to please his conservative Muslim community.

About the Author

Hanif Kureishi is a novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. He is the author of nine novels, including The Buddha of Suburbia (winner of the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel), The Black Album, Intimacy, and The Nothing. He was twice nominated for Oscars for best original screenplay (My Beautiful Laundrette and Venus, which starred Peter O'Toole). In 2010 Kureishi received the prestigious PEN/Pinter Prize. He lives in London.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.66 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)

Weight: .83 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 288

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Literary

Publisher: Scribner Book Company

Format: Paperback

Author: Hanif Kureishi

Language: English

Street Date: October 29, 1996

TCIN: 91352976

UPC: 9780684825403

Item Number (DPCI): 247-00-8037

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 0.83 pounds

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