"In the centre of this old city that I love": movement, abandonment and change in Hanif Kureischi's novels

Hanif Kureishi has deservedly received much critical analysis, nevertheless such critique has mainly focused on issues of race and ethnicity and has often been diverted from other equally important issues. The present dissertation attempts to contribute to the filling of a gap in Kureishi criticism by not only exploring in four distinct chapters concepts of class, familial dysfunctionality, community and pop music as represented in Kureishi’s novels, but also issues such as cultural malaise, shifting identities, generational gaps, processes of ageing and sexuality