The Buddha of Suburbia

My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred. Almost. South London in the late seventies. High unemployment, high inflation, food shortages and strikes. But despite the winter of discontent, 17-year-old Karim''s life is about to explode into glorious technicolour as he navigates a path to enlightenment. Or at the very least, Beckenham.Emma Rice adapts the award-winning 1990 novel, which was later turned into an acclaimed TV series, with Hanif Kureishi. On stage it becomes an irresistible, heart-breaking and joyful exploration of family, friends, sex, theatre and, ultimately, belonging.This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the RSC in April 2024.>

Product details

• Authors: Hanif Kureishi, Kureishi Hanif, Emma Rice, Rice Emma
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781350512818
• ISBN: 978-1-350-51281-8
• No. of pages: 104
• Dimensions: 124 mm x 196 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Modern Plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards), Plays, Playscripts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights