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There's an extra element to this second episode of My Biggest Book, where some of the world's biggest authors reminisce about their all-time biggest books.
Hanif Kureishi's comedic novel The Buddha of Suburbia, about a father and a mixed race teenager growing up in the suburbs of 1970's South London won awards and was adapted to a successful TV series.
Following the devastating accident that left him a tetraplegic and in a wheelchair, Hanif Kureishi now has a very different perspective. In a colourful and spirited conversation he describes how this accident two years ago transformed his views both on this debut novel as well as the themes and approaches to his current writing, including his memoir Shattered.
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There's an extra element to this second episode of My Biggest Book, where some of the world's biggest authors reminisce about their all-time biggest books.
Hanif Kureishi's comedic novel The Buddha of Suburbia, about a father and a mixed race teenager growing up in the suburbs of 1970's South London won awards and was adapted to a successful TV series.
Following the devastating accident that left him a tetraplegic and in a wheelchair, Hanif Kureishi now has a very different perspective. In a colourful and spirited conversation he describes how this accident two years ago transformed his views both on this debut novel as well as the themes and approaches to his current writing, including his memoir Shattered.
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