My Son the Fanatic

Resumen del libro

I'm going to tell him to pick up his prayer mat and get out of my house. When Parvez's son Ali starts clearing out his bedroom, Parvez assumes he's taking drugs and selling his possessions to pay for them. His fellow taxi drivers are triumphant: they knew something was wrong.

Bettina, the prostitute Parvez regularly drives home, tells him what signs to look out for. But nothing is physically different about Ali except that he is growing a beard - and praying five times a day. He condemns his father for drinking alcohol and eating bacon, and assures him that the Law of Islam will rule the world.

First published in March 1994, Hanif Kureishi's comedy of assimilation is both uproariously funny and so prescient it's barely funny at all.

Biografía del autor

p strong Hanif Kureishi, /strong de origen paquistaní, nació en Inglaterra en 1954. Estudió Filosofía en el King's College de Londres, y allí empezó a escribir para el teatro; ganó el George Devine Award con em Outskirts. /em En Anagrama se han publicado sus guiones de las películas strong em Mi hermosa lavandería /em /strong (1985), strong em Sammy y Rosie se lo montan /em /strong y strong em Londres me mata /em /strong (esta última dirigida por él mismo), sus novelas strong em El buda de los suburbios /em /strong (Premio Whitbread y adaptada a serie televisiva por la BBC), strong em El álbum negro, Intimidad /em /strong (adaptada al cine en 2001), strong em El regalo de Gabriel, Mi oído en su corazón, Algo que contarte, La última palabra /em /strong y strong em Nada de nada, /em /strong dos libros de relatos, strong em Amor en tiempos tristes /em /strong y strong em Siempre es medianoche, El cuerpo, /em /strong una novela acompañada de varios relatos, y el libro de textos autobiográficos strong em Soñar y contar /em /strong (2004). Su más reciente obra es strong em Amor + Odio /em /strong .<br>