{"product_id":"londonstani","title":"Londonstani","description":"\u003cp\u003eLondonstani, Gautam Malkani's 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSet 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFunny, crude, disturbing, written in the vibrant language of its protagonists  a mix of slang, Bollywood, texting, Hindu and bastardised gangsta rap  Londonstani is about many things: tribalism, aggressive masculinity, integration, cross-cultural chirpsing techniques, the urban scene seeping into the mainstream, bling bling economics, 'complicated family-related shit'. It is one of the most surprising British novels of recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264084984102,"sku":"londonstani","price":350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/aa68d343-0482-4328-b619-fa8955aaa831.jpg?v=1701092373","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/londonstani","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}