London during the Thatcher years. A black woman is shot by the police and, in the wake of the mass rioting which follows, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid explores the visit of a third-world politician with a mysterious past to his estranged son, Sammy, and Sammy's social worker wife, Rosie.As Rafi attempts to get to know his son again, he finds out the true nature of Sammy and Rosie's 'open relationship'. But they also find out about him and the forms of 'persuasion' his beliefs have led him to adopt.Sammy and Rosie Get Laid is Hanif Kureishi's follow-up to My Beautiful Laundrette, for which he received an Oscar nomination. His vivid look at sex and politics in Britain today is full of characteristic wit and irony.In addition to the script of this film, this volume contains 'Some Time with Stephen', Hanif Kureishi's account of working on the film with director Stephen Frears.