Gautam Malkani is the author of
the novel “Londonstani”.
Gautam Malkani has worked for “The Financial Times” for 7 years, having joined
the company as a graduate trainee. He studied Social and Political Sciences at
Cambridge University. He has worked on the UK news desk and in the Washington
Bureau for “The Financial Times”. In early 2005, Gautam was put in charge of
the Creative Business section of the paper.
Prospect
– read their extract from “Londonstani”
Asians in
Media – a profile of Gautam Malkani from early 2005
The
curse of being labelled the ‘new Zadie’ – Anita Sethi’s article gives more
details about how “Londonstani” was sold
He speaks
their language – Zoe Paxton from “The Times” takes a copy of “Londonstani”
into a school
What’s
right with Asian boys? – an excellent Gautam Malkani article that reveals
how much of his university dissertation went into the writing of “Londonstani”
Why do
Asian writers have to be ‘authentic’ to succeed? – Safraz Manzoor
criticizes the critics of Gautam Malkani
Haven’t
we seen that programme somewhere before? – read this article by Gautam
Malkani
Heathrow
Journal – written by Gautam Malkani
I hate it
when they talk about me and not the book – read Ishara Bhasi’s interview
with Gautam Malkani
Gautam Malkani:
Interview – from “Time Out”
A novel
approach to Hounslow streets – Jill Lawless’s interview with Gautam Malkani
Prosecast
– Gautam Malkani chats to his publishers in this audio interview
Has the
novel lost its way? – this article by Robert McCrum is quite dismissive of
“Londonstani”, but I’m sure the novel still has some life in it yet
On
a screen near you – “The Guardian” reports on a new trend for publishers to
produce trailers for books such as “Londonstani”. Watch the trailer here.
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