London in Hanif Kureishi's Films: Hanif Kureishi in interview with Bart Moore-Gilbert

Bart Moore-Gilbert is currently writing a monograph on Hanif Kureishi for the Manchester University Press 'Contemporary World Writers' series. As part of the research for this, he has been meeting with Kureishi on a regular basis. The following is an edited extract from an interview which took place at Kureishi's flat in Baron's Court, which focuses on the treatment of London in the author's first three films.