Londonstani: A Novel
by Malkani, Gautam
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+, Not Price Clipped
- 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
- Hourglass Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015393
- Title
- Londonstani: A Novel
- Author
- Malkani, Gautam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+, Not Price Clipped
- Edition
- Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0002008157
- ISBN 13
- 9780002008150
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ontario
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- British Fiction
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