Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi was chosen as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists in 1993. His novels include The Buddha of Suburbia, The Black Album, Intimacy and, most recently, Something to Tell You.
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Wild Women, Wild Men
Hanif Kureishi
‘When I saw them waiting beside their car, I said, 'You must be freezing.' It was cold and foggy, the first night of winter, and the two women had matching short skirts and skimpy tops; their legs were bare’.
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The Umbrella
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The minute they arrived at the adventure playground, Roger’s two sons charged up a long...
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Something to Tell You
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‘I’d have dumped her if it wouldn’t have caused more problems than it solved.’
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In a Blue Time
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‘When the phone rings, who do you most want it to be?’
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Eight Arms to Hold You
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‘One day at school–an all-boys comprehensive on the border between London and Kent–our music teacher told us that John Lennon and Paul McCartney didn't actually write those famous Beatles songs we loved so much.‘
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With Your Tongue Down My Throat
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‘“Your father had a wife in India,” Ma says, wincing every time she says father.’
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Film Diary
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‘I shove the script of Sammy and Rosie Get Laid through Stephen Frears's letter box and run. He rings a few hours later: “This isn't an innocent act!”’
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Bradford
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'Bradford, I felt, was a place I had to see for myself, because it seemed that so many important issues, of race, culture, nationalism, and education, were evident in an extremely concentrated way.'
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Erotic Politicians and Mullahs
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'Strangely, anti-British remarks made me feel patriotic, though I only felt patriotic when I was away from England.'