| Management number | 232059018 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$2.41 | Model Number | 232059018 | ||
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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." Read more
| ASIN | B001TMCEUC |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN10 | 9781440619908 |
| ISBN13 | 978-1440619908 |
| Edition | Reprint |
| Language | English |
| File size | 816 KB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
| Word Wise | Not Enabled |
| Reading age | 18 years and up |
| Print length | 354 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | August 28, 2007 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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