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2008 Longlist

Londonstani

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Set close to the Heathrow feed roads of Hounslow, Malkani shows us the lives of a gang of four young men: Hardjit the ring leader, a Sikh, violent, determined his caste stay pure; Ravi, determinedly tactless, a sheep following the herd; Amit, whose brother Arun is struggling to win the approval of his mother for the Hindu girl he has chosen to marry; and Jas who tells us of his journey with these three, desperate to win their approval, desperate too for Samira, a Muslim girl, which in this story can only have bad consequences. Together they cruise the streets in Amit’s enhanced Beemer, making a little money changing the electronic fingerprints on stolen mobile phones, a scam that leads them into more dangerous waters.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Gautam
Malkani

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

Londonstani is a mesmerizing journey, both linguistic and emotional, to a modern city’s heart of darkness, to a world we are either afraid of or too fascinated with to see its dark side, to a world where the questions of identity and acceptance are more complex than ever.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
England
Original Language
English
Publisher
Fourth Estate

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