Gautam Malkani was born in 1976 and grew up around Hounslow. He is editor of the Financial Times Creative Business pages. Londonstani is his first novel, and was shortlisted for the Writer of the Year British Book Award 2007. He lives in London.
‘Londonstani’, 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.
‘Londonstani’, 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.