num_pages: 284
description: The winner of the Whitbread Best First Novel 1990, this is the story of Karim Amir, "an Englishman born and bred - almost", who lives with his English mother and Indian father in the South London suburbs. It is written by the author of "My Beautiful Launderette" and "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid".
language: English
title: The Buddha of Suburbia
titlecomplete: The Buddha of Suburbia
characters: Karim Amir
genres: 20th Century, Coming Of Age, Novels, LGBT, Queer, Literature, India, British Literature, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 18293
places: London, England, United Kingdom
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Whitbread Award
category: First Novel
publisher: Faber and Faber