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Collected Screenplays

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Description for Collected Screenplays Paperback. This title contains a collection of the screenplays written by Hanif Kureishi. The plays include, "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid", "London Kills Me" and "My Son the Fanatic". Num Pages: 400 pages, 4pp b/w halftones. BIC Classification: APFD; APTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 360.

Hanif Kureishi's cinematic storytelling embraces a wide spectrum of characters from all classes and nationalities, depicting them with compassion, humour and relish, though never fighting shy of controversy. This volume comprises four of Kureishi's screenplays.

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Omar is a restless young Asian man, caring for his alcoholic father in the hustling London of the mid-1980s. His uncle, a keen Thatcherite, offers Omar an entrepreneurial opportunity to revamp a dingy laundrette, and ambitious Omar rolls up his sleeves, enlisting the assistance of his old school-friend Johnny, who has since fallen in with a gang of neo-fascists. ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
358g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571214334
SKU
V9780571214334
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Ref
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About Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi grew up in Kent and studied philosophy at King's College London. His novels include The Buddha of Suburbia, which won the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel, The Black Album, Intimacy and The Last Word. His screenplays include My Beautiful Laundrette, which received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid and Le Week-End. He ... Read more

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