My Beautiful Laundrette

by Hanif Kureishi

Paperback, 2000

Status

Available

Call number

791

Genres

Publication

Faber & Faber (2000), Paperback, 69 pages

Description

Omar is a restless young Asian man, caring for his alcoholic father in the hustling London of the mid-1980s. His uncle, a keen Thatcherite, offers Omar an entrepreneurial opportunity to revamp a dingy laundrette, and ambitious Omar rolls up his sleeves, enlisting the assistance of his old school-friend Johnny, who has since fallen in with a gang of neo-fascists. Omar and Johnny soon form an unlikely alliance that leads to business success, as well as other, more intimate surprises.

User reviews

LibraryThing member TheBooknerd
I seem to be in an extreme minority of people who hate this story. Dysfunctional relationships, hypocritical social elitism, bigotry, obnoxious characters, disjointed events and dialogue . . . I fail to recognize the brilliance of this literary masterpiece.

Language

Original publication date

1985
1991

Physical description

69 p.; 7.02 inches

ISBN

0571202543 / 9780571202546
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