Hanif Kureishi

"Meu nome é Karim Amir, inglês de nascimento e criação, ou quase. [...] Talvez seja a estranha mistura de continentes e sangues, de cá e lá, de fazer parte e não fazer, que me deixe inquieto e facilmente entediado. Ou quem sabe ter nascido no subúrbio provoque isso. De qualquer modo, por que procurar no íntimo quando …

Intimacy was published in 1998 by Hanif Kureishi. The novel deals with a middle-aged man and his thoughts about leaving his wife and two young sons.

Described by Stuart Hall as "one of the most riveting and important films produced by a black writer in recent years," My Beautiful Laundrette was a significant production for its director Stephen Frears and its writer Hanif Kureshi. Christine Geraghty considers it a crossover film: between television and cinema, …