Londonstani
by Malkani, Gautam
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0002008157
- ISBN 13
- 9780002008150
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Synopsis
A talented new writer whose portrayal of the serious business of assimilation and young masculinity is disturbing and hilarious Hailed as one of the most surprising British novels in recent years, Gautam Malkani's electrifying debut reveals young South Asians struggling to distinguish themselves from their parents' generation in the vast urban sprawl that is contemporary London. Chronicling the lives of a gang of four young middle-class men-Hardjit, the violent enforcer; Ravi, the follower; Amit, who's struggling to come to terms with his mother's hypocrisy; and Jas, desperate to win the approval of the others despite lusting after Samira, a Muslim girl- Londonstani , funny, disturbing, and written in the exuberant language of its protagonists, is about tribalism, aggressive masculinity, integration, alienation, bling-bling economics, and "complicated family-related shit."
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- Bookseller
- A Good Read (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 189152
- Title
- Londonstani
- Author
- Malkani, Gautam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0002008157
- ISBN 13
- 9780002008150
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Place of Publication
- Scarborough, On, Canada
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- 0002008157
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