A remarkable insight into the birth of a writer, and the moving discovery of family secrets. When Hanif Kureishi discovers an abandoned manuscript of his father's his understanding of the family history is transformed. So begins a journey which takes...
Gabrielâs father, a washed-up rock musicisn, has been chucked out of the house. His mother works nights in a pub and sleeps days. Navigating his way through the shattered world of his parentsâ generation, Gabriel dreams...
Together in one volume -- Hanif Kureishiâs highly acclaimed and controversial novel, Intimacy, and, available for the first time, his latest collection of provocative short stories, Midnight All Day.Jay, the narrator of Intimacy, tells...
âThere was one copy going round our school like contraband. I read it in one sitting..I'd never read a book about anyone remotely like me before.ââZadie Smith