Described in a recent "New York Times Magazine "profile as a "postcolonial Philip Roth," Hanif Kureishi first captured the attention of audiences and critics in the 1980s with the award-winning novel "The Buddha of Suburbia "and the films "My Beautiful Laundrette "and "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid." In three decades of acclaimed work, Kureishi has written fiction and films exploring a series of interconnected themes about identity and desire--from Islamic...