The Black Album by Hanif Kureishi
Set in late-1980s London, the novel follows Shahid, a young British-Pakistani student torn between the hedonistic lure of music, drugs and casual relationships and the growing appeal of a charismatic Muslim mentor and political Islam; as his affair with a glamorous, self-absorbed girlfriend and his friendships in the city’s creative circles fray, he is forced to confront questions of identity, belonging, race and responsibility, producing bitter humor, moral confusion and an ambiguous, unsettled coming-of-age resolution.
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- 1995
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