Londonstani
by Malkani, Gautam
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 000723175X
- ISBN 13
- 9780007231751
- Seller
-
kansas city, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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."
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- rascal books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002158
- Title
- Londonstani
- Author
- Malkani, Gautam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First UK edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 000723175X
- ISBN 13
- 9780007231751
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- FICTION
Terms of Sale
rascal books
About the Seller
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes: