Dishy Charlie (a dazzling ... as he seduces Karim and lusts for Bowie-esque fame. Leaving you on a rare high, this is an engrossing love-letter to Kureishi, to theatre and a country that, for ...

Comic drama based on the novel by Hanif Kureishi following the life of 17-year-old Karim as he looks for trouble, action and sex in the south London suburbs of the 1970s.

For a relatively short novel, Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia is a big and ... The arc that suffers most for this is Karim’s relationship with Charlie, a teenage peer who topples ...