Ok, ok, I am late in talking about Gautam Malkani and Londonstani (almost rhymes). Actually, we were all so much caught up with the Kaavya episode that we completely forgot to celebrate this English author of Indian origin who has penned a novel titled Londonstani. For those who judge an author by the amount of advance he got, Malkani should impress. As the story goes, Malkani reportedly got an advance of, ahem, 300,000 Euros in Frankfurt Book Fair. Now, in dollar terms, that is more than what Kaavya got, right?
The novel is also making waves for its lingiuistic cleverness and the issues of identity and gender. Please see the links at Kitaab.
Malkani has been working with the Financial Times for the last seven years. He studied at Cambridge. Aren't you impressed enough to buy the book?
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i saw this in the bookshop the other day but didn't buy it ... wondering should i have ... maybe i will next time, but can't cope with my bookbuying habits
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