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A review by rekhainbc
Londonstani by Gautam Malkani
3.0
It's an interesting look at thuggish second and third generation South Asian teens in the suburbs of London. The author's going for a Clockwork Orange feel, the boys speak a mix of English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu, you'll need that glossary at the back of the book.
The author's laughing at them all along, and he sets up a cultural scene in which the boys rebel against the multiculturalism and "tolerance" of their parents by being atavistically fundamentalist and protective of old community dividing lines.
Anyway, I enjoyed it.
The author's laughing at them all along, and he sets up a cultural scene in which the boys rebel against the multiculturalism and "tolerance" of their parents by being atavistically fundamentalist and protective of old community dividing lines.
Anyway, I enjoyed it.