Londonstani

Paperback. Pub Date :2007-04-02 Pages: 362 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK 'Londonstani'. Gautam Malkanis electrifying debut. reveals a Britain that has never before been explored in the novel: a country of young Asians and white boys (desis and goras) trying to work out a place for themselves in the shadow of the divergent cultures of their parents' generation.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.