The Buddha of Suburbia
By: Hanif Kureishi
3.74
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Karim Amir lives with his English mother and Indian father in the routine comfort of suburban Londo…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Die Belohnung für Langeweile sind Sicherheit und Geborgenheit."-Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia
"Die Belohnung für Langeweile sind Sicherheit und Geborgenheit."-Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia
"Someone to whom jokes are never told soon contracts enthusiasm deficiency."-Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia
"Someone to whom jokes are never told soon contracts enthusiasm deficiency."-Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia
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2. Rimbaud: The Double Life of a Rebel
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3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
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3.00
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3.67
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3.82
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14. The Buddha of Suburbia
By: Hanif Kureishi
3.74
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
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"Someone to whom jokes are never told soon contracts enthusiasm deficiency."-Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia
"Selbst die Verwandten der Berühmten [sind] berühmt, denn Ruhm [ist] erblich."-Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia
"Yes, Eleanor loathed herself and yet required praise, which she then never believed."-Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia
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3.73
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