The black album
By: Hanif Kureishi ; adapted for the stage by the author
Publisher: Faber
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: South Asians; Drama; Islamic fundamentalism; Young men
Description: An Asian kid from Kent goes to college in London and teams up with a sympathetic group of anti-racists. But it's 1989, the year of the fatwa, and as Shahid begins a hedonistic affair with his lecturer, his radical Muslim friends want to steer him away from the decadence of the West. Hanif Kureishi's witty stage adaptation of his strikingly prescient and acclaimed novel humorously considers how the events of 1989 have shaped today's world, where fundamentalism battles liberalism. It premiered at the National Theatre, London, in July 2009.