“There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, ‘There now, hang on, you’ll get over it.’ Sadness is more or […]
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The Buddha of Suburbia
“My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred, almost.” Chapter 1: The Suburban Beginning Karim Amir, a mixed-race teenager, introduces himself and his […]
English literature
White Teeth
“What is past is prologue.” — William Shakespeare (Epigraph in White Teeth) Part One: Archie 1974, 1945 The novel opens with Archie Jones, a middle-aged Englishman, attempting suicide […]