Hanif Kureishi is a fine English novelist (The Buddha of Suburbia, The Black Album, etc.) and screen-writer (My Beautiful Laundrette, and others) who uses his background as a Pakistani-English hybrid to great effect in his work, which also frequently thematizes queer issues…
“…I love ‘yes.’ It’s practically the most interesting word of all, don’t you think?” Like a hinge opening a door outward. Yes, yes, yes.” ― Hanif Kureishi, The Black Album
Photo by Jillian Edelstein, 1989 - bromide print (NPG, London)
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