CHAPTER 9
SELECTED QUOTES
CULTURAL REFERENCES
SETTING
PLOT
CHARACTERS
PLACES
TIMELINE
OTHER INFORMATIONS
MOST STRIKING SCENES
Karim's flat in West Kensington
Kensington (the neighbourhood)
the bar, "the Nashville"
a "lorry driver's" café
Shadwell's theatre
WRITERS/AUTHORS
Jean Genet
Harold Robbins
Sam Shepard
Tagore
OTHERS
Martha Roeves --> singer
Madame Verdurin --> fictional character
Scorsese --> film director
Karim
main character
Eva
Haroon
Charlie
Jamila
Changez
the famous footballer with the famous perm (Charlie talked with him at the bar before he vomited on him)
Shadwell, a friend of Eva's and a regular host to her parties, introduces Karim to the acting world
main character
main character
main character
side character
secondary character
secondary character
secondary character
kids in London looked fabulous
Karim has been depressed since they moved to London
Jamila and Shinko are friends now
Eva didn't tell Karim about Shadwell's book --> she may be sabotaging his life?
Shadwell and Eva have a weird relationship (they may be involved sexually)
1- description of the flat
2-description of the neighbourhood and the city
3- Charlie and Karim go to the bar together
4- Charlie vomits on the famous footballer's lap and gets beaten up by him
5- Karim notices that the audience in bar is really odd, they get indirectly kicked out by the weird singer
6- Charlie wants to be like everyone else, but Karim thinks it's nonsense so they have a fight. Charlie leaves with some strangers
7- partys at their flat, Eva hosted it. The party was only her launch into London
8- Jamila and Changez arrive at the party, Karim and Changez talk about that situation and make up
9- Shadwell offers Karim a place at a theatre play, so Karims goes at the audition
10- They both go to a café after the audition and talk about how Karim would be really great at that play. Shadwell starts to embarass Karim
"You deceived me. it was a blow against the centre of my life. I couldn't take it. It was too much for me-it hit me hard, in the guts, Karim"
Changez was really hurt when he found out Karim had sex with Jamila, his wife. Karim can also hurt people, even if if he often is the one that gets hurt by others.
Karim and Shadwell's talk at the end. In my opinion, Shadwell can't really be trusted he seems to be weird.