The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)

Karim is 17 years old and lives in a South London suburb with his English mother and Pakistani father, who has become a kind of spiritual guru to his middle-class neighbours. Karim wants to explore his cultural roots, in the hope that he will achieve sexual and racial self-realisation.

Created by

Hanif Kureishi

Themes1970sarranged marriagebritish asiangroup sexhippielondon, englandmale homosexualityminiseriesmixed race childnew york city