Collected Stories

Over the course of the last 12 years, Hanif Kureishi has written shortfiction. The stories are, by turns, provocative, erotic, tender, funny andcharming as they deal with the complexities of relationships as well as thejoys of children. This collection contains his controversial story"Weddings and Beheadings", as well as his prophetic "My Son the Fanatic",which exposes the religious tensions within the muslim family unit. As withhis novels and screenplays, Kureishi has his finger on the pulse of thepolitical tensions in society and how they affect people's everyday lives.