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Item Details
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MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE
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| By: |
Hanif Kureishi |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£7.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571319351 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571319350 |
| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
30 October, 2014 |
| Description: |
Omar is a restless young Asian man, caring for his alcoholic father in the hustling London of the mid-1980s. His uncle, a keen Thatcherite, offers Omar an opportunity to revamp a dingy laundrette, and ambitious Omar rolls up his sleeves, enlisting the assistance of his old school-friend Johnny, who has since fallen in with a gang of neo-fascists. |
| Synopsis: |
Omar is a restless young Asian man, caring for his alcoholic father in the hustling London of the mid-1980s. His uncle, a keen Thatcherite, offers Omar an entrepreneurial opportunity to revamp a dingy laundrette, and ambitious Omar rolls up his sleeves, enlisting the assistance of his old school-friend Johnny, who has since fallen in with a gang of neo-fascists. Omar and Johnny soon form an unlikely alliance that leads to business success, as well as other, more intimate surprises. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber & Faber Film |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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