"Malkani chronicles the lives of a gang of four young men. There's Hardjit, the violent ring leader and enforcer, determined his own stay true. There's Ravi, besotted with Bollywood actresses and hopelessly tactless, a sheep forever following the herd. There's Amit, whose brother Arun is struggling to win the approval of their devout Hindu mother for his Hindu bride-to-be. And then there's Jas, Londonstani's narrator, who tells us of his gang's journeys. He's desperate to win their approval. He's desperate also for Samira, a Muslim girl, which in this story is a crush that can only have bad consequences. Together, they cruise the streets of west London in Amit's souped-up car, making a little money with stolen cell phones, a scam that leads them into more dangerous terrain." "Funny, disturbing, and written in the exuberant language of its protagonists - a mix of slang, texting, Punjabi and bastardised gangsta rap - Londonstani is about tribalism, aggressive masculinity, integration, alienation, bling-bling economics, and "complicated family-related shit." In Malkani's hilarious depiction of contemporary multiculturalism, race is often no more than a proxy for masculinity."--BOOK JACKET.

Gautam Malkani was born in West London in 1976. He was educated at Cambridge University and was appointed director of the Financial Times's Creative Business section in 2005. He completed Londonstani shortly after the bombings in London last July.