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.