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" impressed.Read some other stuff, then ended up rereading Hanif Kureishi&amp;#039;s The Buddha of Suburbia.It really is the unsung hero of late adolescent lit (at least in America).Why isn&amp;#039;t it taught here?Do they think us dumbshits can&amp;#039;t decode the slang?As Benjamin Alsup pointed out in his review of Something To Tell You (a book I also really enjoyed, though it turned a bit thrillerish for me), Kureishi &amp;quot;reminds readers that there used to be a place for intelligent conversation.&amp;quot;In Buddha, you&amp;#039;ve got a confused kid trying to figure out his beliefs about sex, family, race, culture, religion, art and responsibility, and his conflicting thoughts and actions are all on the page so you really think through these things with him.It&amp;#039;s such a satisfying read, never condescending or precious, and always smart. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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