title: Intimacy and Midnight All Day: A Novel and Stories
author:  Hanif Kureishi 
description: Gabriel's Gift is lighter entertainment, for though it concentrates on a fractured family, the reader knows throughout that it is only a matter of time before all will be reconciled. This is very much a comfy chair of a book, with colorful, witty characters enduring only minor shakeups in their lives before resuming their previous paths. There's Rex, an ex-glam rock star, now underemployed and recently evicted from the house by Christine, who's had enough of Rex's inactivity and worries about his impact on their son, Gabriel. Gabriel has a bear of a nanny to watch him as well as a gift that allows him to create real things just by drawing them, though this twist curiously remains largely unexplored. Gabriel's love for his dad and mum, a little bit of serendipity, and some responsibility on Rex's part (i.e., a job) helps to bring the family back together. The tale seems patchy but pleasant enough, especially for fans of the author. Marc Kloszewski, Indiana Free Lib., PA <br />Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: All rights reserved. No part of this work or any of its contents may be reproduced,
  copied, modified or adapted without the consent of the Author.
  This is a work of fiction. Names, character, businesses, events, places, locales and
  incidents are either products of the Author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner.
  Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead or actual events is purely coincidental.
  This Book is for all the lovers in this massive world. Celebrating romantic love.
  To Toluwaleyi. And everyone that supported me through this journey.
  I'm the one you love
  Prologue
  
  Unilag, Lagos.
  Tope sat in New hall. A popular place with restaurants and hostels in Unilag. Her friend
  and her came to get food. She sat in front of Makama, a female hostel. She was
  watching the things going on around her. She sighted a familiar face. It was a guy that
  was walking towards where she was sitting. It seemed like he was hurrying towards the
  male hostel Sodeinde. His face was really familia