Hanif Kureishi Summary

Hanif Kureishi is not only a leading contemporary novelist but also a prominent playwright, essayist, and screenwriter. He has also directed his own screenplay for the movie London Kills Me (1991). Hi... Read more

In the following review of The Faber Book of Pop, Thomson claims, “there is gold here, but also much that doesn't glitter at all.” Rave novelist Irvine Welsh is reportedly unha... Read more

In the following review, the critic discusses the portrayal of pop music in The Faber Book of Pop. Pop music “is the wonder of post-war British and American culture”, says Hanif Kurei... Read more

In the following review, Drabelle offers a positive assessment of The Black Album, although he notes weakness in its “creaky structure.” The title of Hanif Kureishi’s speedy se... Read more

In the following excerpt, Bowen offers an unfavorable assessment of The Faber Book of Pop. The culture of rock music is a notoriously excessive affair. Anthologies are one way of capturing some of ... Read more

In the following essay, Weber examines aspects of ethnicity, cultural identity, and literary practice in Kureishi's fiction and films, particularly in relation to American ethnic writers such a... Read more

In the following review, Ulin offers an overall unfavorable assessment of Love in a Blue Time, despite “the success of some pieces.” Since the mid-1980s, Hanif Kureishi has chronicled... Read more

In the following review, King gives a favorable assessment of Love in a Blue Time. Written over the past decade, the six short stories of Love in a Blue Time, all republished from magazines, are a ... Read more

In the following review, Rainer gives a brief plot summary of My Son the Fanatic. Parvez (Om Puri), the middle-aged Pakistani cabdriver in the marvelous My Son the Fanatic, moved to the industrial ... Read more

In the following interview, Kureishi discusses racial and cultural issues in contemporary London, his background and experiences in London, and the creative processes behind his fiction and films. ... Read more

In the following review of The Buddha of Suburbia, Eder commends Kureishi's Third World perspective, although finds weakness in the later sections of the novel. “My name is Karim Amir... Read more

Below, Dasenbrock gives a mixed assessment of London Kills Me and Kureishi's writing in general. London Kills Me is a collection of three screenplays and four essays by one of the most visib... Read more

In the following review, Horspool offers an unfavorable assessment of The Black Album, citing Kureishi's “talent for caricature” as weak. Shahid, the young hero of Hanif Kureis... Read more