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The Black Album

The Black Album

Hanif Kureishi

Set in London in 1989, the year of the fatwah and the fall of the Berlin Wall, this is a thriller with a background of raves, ecstasy, religious ferment and sexual passion. By the author of "The Buddha of Suburbia" and "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid".
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Summary

Shahid, a clean-cut young man from the provinces, comes to London after the death of his father. In the capital he falls in love with Deedee Osgood, a college lecturer, and finds himself passionately embroiled in a spiritual battle between liberalism and fundamentalism. The Black Album is set in the London of 1989, the year after the second summer of love and the year the infamous fatwah was imposed on Salman Rushdie. It is a thriller for the rave generation by one of the most praised and influential writers of the times.

Product Description

Title - The Black Album

Edition -

Author - Hanif Kureishi

ISBN 13 - 9780571177523

Imprint - Faber & Faber

Publisher - Faber & Faber

Date Published - 01/04/1996

Prize -

No. of pages - 288

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 133 x 197 x mm

Weight - g

Languages - English