For a relatively short novel, Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia is a big and unwieldy ... or the cuckolded naif Changez (Raj Bajaj). The production also makes savvy and pointed use of ...

But the book that made Kureishi a literary star was his debut novel, The Buddha of Suburbia, published in 1990. He joined The Book Show to discuss the story behind his much-loved novel.

Raj Bajaj’s Changez is a hopeless case in an unconsummated arranged marriage and gets subjected to a vile racist attack, yet retains a fondness for Britain. Dishy Charlie (a dazzling debut from ...