Ch. 1. Foreplays : The king and me (1980), Outskirts (1981), Borderline (1981) and Birds of passage (1983) -- Ch. 2. 'Class, race, fucking and farce' : My beautiful laundrette (1985) -- Ch. 3. World city : Sammy and Rosie get laid (1988) -- Ch. 4. Modern everyman : The Buddha of suburbia (1990) -- Ch. 5. Dealer's day : London kills me (1991) -- Ch. 6. 'Prince of darkness meets princess of porn' : The black album (1995) -- Ch. 7. Taxi driver in Bradford : My son the fanatic (1997) -- Ch. 8. 'Should I stay or should I go?' : Love in a blue time (1997), Intimacy (1998), Sleep with me (1999) and Midnight all day (1999) -- Ch. 9. Cheerful fictions : Gabriel's gift (2001) and The body and seven stories (2002) -- Conclusion : whatever next?
