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The Black Album

Hanif Kureishi

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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Scribner Book Company
  • Publish Date: Oct 29th, 1996
  • Pages: 288
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.66in - 5.40in - 0.70in - 0.83lb
  • EAN: 9780684825403
  • Categories: LiteraryOwn VoicesHumorous - Dark Humor

About the Author

Kureishi, Hanif: - 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.