Londonstani
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On Sale:
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16/08/2007
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Formats:
Trade paperback
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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 souped-up
Beemer, making a little money changing the electronic fingerprints on stolen
mobile phones, a scam that leads them into dangerous terrain when harsh reality
supplants the fantasy of posh thug life.
Funny, crude, disturbing, written in the vibrant language of its
protagonists—a mix of slang, Bollywood, texting, Panjabi and bastardized gangsta
rap—Londonstani is a novel of new tribalism, aggressive masculinity,
integration, bling-bling economics and the shadow of generations. Readers of
Irvine Welsh, Zadie Smith and Monica A li, and fans of movies like
Trainspotting, Fight Club and Bollywood Hollywood will be
drawn into this astounding narrative, one of the most surprising novels in
years.
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Author Extras
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Critical Praise for
Londonstani
"Profane, outrageous, completely original....Sensational."
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NOW Magazine
"Londonstani [is] a novel that explosively and unapologetically represents the new London of hip hop-influenced, market-driven and libido-heightened youth....A compelling debut that demands a response from its readers."
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The Globe and Mail
"An electrifying debut....Written in the dynamic language of its protgaonists--mashing together a crude mix of slang, text messaging and gangsta vocabulary--this book takes on a life of its own."
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CTV.ca News
"A bold debut, brimming with energy and authenticity."
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The Observer (London)
"Give this book to seventeen-year-olds who think novels are musty entities with no bearing on their lives, and you may well find them responding with huge enthusiasm."
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The Guardian
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Londonstani
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—...
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