Possibly in early January 2007 I was wondering a bookstore (probably Chapters) in downtown Toronto with Arpi, and he pointed out Londonstani, and said a friend was reading it and said it was quite delightful. However even a week later I could only remember that I was recommended to read some book with a pink tiger on the cover.

This pink tiger however, was, of course, only on the british edition and thus it took me quite a few months to figure out what book exactly I was meant to be reading, but I will say — the search was more than worth it.

Gautam Malkani’s debut novel, is honest and british, and has good trying characters that you want to fight for and you want to punch in the face. The dialogue, specifically his ear for slang, is very well captured, and I (obviously) highly recommend this short novel.