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Funny, crude, disturbing, written in the vibrant language of its
protagonists, Londonstani follows Hardjit, Ravi, Amit and Jas as they
cruise the streets of Hounslow, West London, in Amit’s souped-up Beemer. Chasing
the posh thug life, this crew of middle-class boys seems invincible—until their
petty scams and chest-thumping violence leads them into dangerous terrain, and
harsh reality supplants the fantasy of hip-hop bling and easy cash.
Both a classic coming-of-age story and a uniquely refreshing
tale for our time, Gautam Malkani’s internationally acclaimed debut novel has
turned heads with its themes of new tribalism, aggressive masculinity,
integration and the enduring shadow of generations. Now in a Perennial edition
with a fascinating P.S. section, Londonstani is poised to become an
iconic favourite of contemporary British literature, at par with the works of
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Londonstani
Londonstani , Gautam Malkani’s electrifying debut, exposes a city where young Asians (desis) struggle with white boys (goras) to assert their own brands of Britishness in the shadow of the divergent cultures of their parents’ generation. Set close to the Heathrow airport feed roads of...
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Londonstani
Set close to the Heathrow airport feed roads of Hounslow, Gautam Malkani’s Londonstani plunges into a world of desis and goras. Both a classic coming-of-age story and a uniquely refreshing tale for our time, it follows Harjit, Ravi, A mit and Jas as they cruise the streets in Amit’s...
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