So many of these are already on my to-read list, and a few others were not on my radar before - thank you for posting this! I have read The Buddha of Suburbia - it was back in 2001 when I was doing a semester abroad in London, and someone had left a beautiful hardcover behind. I'd never heard of Kureishi and it blew me away at the time. It was the right book at the right time. I've always had a soft spot for him since then, but his others always seem to start strong and then fizzle somewhere in the middle. Reading your review makes me wonder how Buddha of Suburbia would hold up for me on a reread.