International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award

"It is the saddest night, for I am leaving and not coming back." So begins Jay in Hanif Kureishi's coruscating story of the end of a relationship. Hanif Kureishi was born and brought up in Kent. He read philosophy at King's College, London. In 1981 he won the George Devine Award for his play Outskirts, and in 1982 he was appointed Writer in Residence at the Royal Court Theatre. In 1984 he wrote 'My Beautiful Laundrette', which received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay. His second film, 'Sammy and Rosie Get Laid', was followed by 'London Kills Me', which he also directed. The Buddha of Suburbia won the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel in 1990 and was made into a four-part drama series by the BBC in 1993. His version of Brecht's Mother Courage has been produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and by the Royal National Theatre. His second novel, The Black Album, was published in 1995. With Jon Savage he edited The Faber Book of Pop (1995). His first collection of short stories, Love in a Blue Time, was published in 1997. His story 'My Son the Fanatic', from that collection, was adapted for film and released in 1998.

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Intimacy by
Hanif Kureishi

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