Hanif Kureishi (Paperback)

Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Foreplays: The King and Me (1980), Outskirts? (1981), Borderline (1981) and Birds of Passage (1983).- 'Class, race, fucking and farce': My Beautiful Laundrette (1985).- World City: Sammie and Rosie Get Laid (1988).- Modern Everyman: The Buddha of Suburbia (1990).- Street Life: London Kills Me (1991).- 'Prince of Darkness Meets Princess of Porn': The Black Album (1995).- Taxi Driver in Bradford: My Son the Fanatic (1997).- Midlife Misery: Love in a Blue Time (1997), Intimacy (1998), Sleep With Me (1999) and Midnight All Day (1999).- Cheerful Fictions: Gabriel's Gift (2001) and The Body and Seven Stories (2002).- Conclusion: Whatever Next?.- Index.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.