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HanifKureishialreadyhasintroducedAmericanstonewfictionalterritoryinhistwofilms,MyBeautifulLaundretteandSammyandRosieGetLaid,andinhisnovel,TheBuddhaofSuburbia.Hislatestscreenplay,LondonKillsMe,whichhedescribesas"astoryabouttwoguyslookingfortheseshoes,"returnsviewersandreaderstoLondonstreetlifeandculturethatonlyKureishicouldreveal.ThiscollectionincludeshisthreescreenplaysaswellasessaysaboutthebackgroundofeachfilmorlifeonthesetorthehilarityoftheAcademyAwardsinHollywood.Inaddition,KureishihaswrittenabouttheBeatles--acomiccommentaryonclassandcultureinEngland.Togethertheseessaysandscreenplaysilluminatetheremarkableimaginationandwitofanextraordinarilyacuteandirreverentsocialanalystwhohassecuredhisplaceattheforefrontofboththefilmandliteraryworldswithhisuniquelyrecognizablevoice.AsuperbcollectionofscreenplaysandessaysfromthecelebratedscreenwriterofMyBeautifulLaundretteandSammyandRosieGetLaid.Thisworkincludesthetitlescreenplay,thescriptsforhispreviousscreenplays,andessaysaboutthebackgroundofeachfilm,theshootingandeditingprocess,andthehilarityoftheAcademyAwardsinHollywood.