Review
"The book is rich in detail, observations, and ideas, and has a lot of reading and work behind it."--Bruce King, World Literature Today


Book Description
This comprehensive critical study of Hanif Kureishi details the writer's career to date. Kureishi has explored a number of key social and cultural issues of recent years, including the legacies of colonialism, the paradoxes of multi-culturalism, changing conceptions of class, gender and sexuality, globalization, and relations between popular culture and the canon. Bart Moore-Gilbert's authoritative text places Kureishi's writing in its historical, social, cultural, and critical contexts, and provides detailed readings of his major works.


About the Author
Bart Moore-Gilbert is Reader in Postcolonial Studies and English at Goldsmiths' College, University of London.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Hanif Kureishi is one of the most high-profile and popular 'contemporary world writers'. His work in a range of genres, from drama to film, novels and short stories, has won widespread critical acclaim and has -- at times -- provoked controversy. Kureishi has explored a number of the key social and cultural issues of recent years, including the legacies of colonialism, the paradoxes of 'multi-culturalism', changing conceptions of class, gender and sexuality, the effects of globalisation, and relations between popular culture and the canon. In this, the most comprehensive critical study available, Bart Moore-Gilbert provides a detailed account of Kureishi's career to date, from his early involvement in 'fringe' theatre to the recent short fiction. Moore-Gilbert locates Kureishi's writing securely in its historical, social, cultural and critical contexts, as well as providing detailed readings of the major works. This is an authoritative guide to a significant figure in contemporary writing and will be of interest to those working in the fields of diaspora and postcolonial studies, and modern British literature.

FROM THE CRITICS

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