THE STUNNINGLY ORIGINAL, ICONOCLASTIC, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF "THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA" RETURNS WITH HIS FINEST, MOST EXUBERANT NOVEL.In the early 1980s Hanif Kureishi emerged as one of the most compelling new voices in film and fiction. His movies "My Beautiful Laundrette" and "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid" and his novel "The Buddha of Suburbia" captivated audiences and inspired other artists. In "Something to Tell You, " he travels back to those days of hedonism, activism and glorious creativity. And he explores the lives of that generation now, in a very different London. Jamal is middle-aged, though reluctant to admit it. He has an ex-wife, a son he adores, a thriving career as a psychoanalyst and vast reserves of unsatisfied desire. "Secrets are my currency," he says. "I deal in them for a living." And he has some of his own. He is haunted by Ajita, his first love, whom he hasn't seen in decades, and by an act of violence he has never confessed. With great empathy and agility, Kureishi has created an array of unforgettable characters -- a hilarious and eccentric theater director, a covey of charming and defiant outcasts and an ebullient sister who thrives on the fringe. All wrestle with their own limits as human beings; all are plagued by the past until they find it within themselves to forgive. Comic, wise and unfailingly tender, "Something to Tell You" is Kureishi's best work to date, brilliant and exhilarating.

哈尼夫·库雷西(Hanif Kureishi) 巴基斯坦移民后裔,1954年出生于英国肯特郡,大学主修哲学。他多才多艺,作品包括舞台剧本、小说、广播剧及电视电影剧本等,亦为电影导演。是继萨尔曼·拉什迪之后在世界文坛成就重大影响的亚裔作家

1985年创作电影剧本《我美丽的洗衣店》(MyBeautifulLaundrette),获1986年奥斯卡金像奖最佳电影剧本提名；1991年执导电影《伦敦杀了我》(London Kills Me)。在2004年上海国际电影节上,展影了其编剧的影片《母亲》。

1990年以首部小说《郊区佛爷》(TheBuddhaofSuburbia)获Whitebread文学奖。其后陆续推出小说《黑色唱片》(The Black Album,1995)、《爱在蓝色时代》(Lovein aBlueTime,1997)、《亲密》(Intimacy,1997),《整日午夜》(Midnight All Day,1999)、《加百列的礼物》(Gabriel’SGift,2001),迅速跃升为欧洲文坛新巨星。根据其小说改编的电影《亲密》获2001年柏林电影节金熊奖。他的最新长篇小说为2004年出版的《身体》(The Body)。

库雷西深受流行文化的影响。早期作品中的幽默反讽享誉世界,近作对情欲与两性冲突的探讨充满了动人的深情。库雷西以其幽默、脱俗,前卫被认作是当今世界文坛最富魅力的杰出作家之一。