There`s quite a bit of activity in Buddha of Suburbia. A bureaucrat becomes a suburban guru who marries a follower with a son who`s a punk rocker named Charlie Hero. Consequently, the guru`s son is propelled from his bland life into a series of erotic experiences in London. All the while, Hanif Kureishi keeps the tone lively with wry wit. On the description of suburban life: "We were proud of never learning anything except the names of footballers, the personnel of rock groups and the lyrics to `I Am the Walrus.`" He also bends cultures, classes and genders while blasting the racism of British life in this 1990 Whitbread Prize winner.