Gautam Malkani on 'Londonstani', 8 June

One of this year's most talked about novels, Londonstani, is set close to the Heathrow feed-roads of Hounslow, and exposes a city where young Asians struggle to assert their own brand of Britishness while simultaneously trying to preserve ties to their parents' traditions. Written in the swirling slang of these young men, it explores aggresseive machismo, tribalism and racial integration in Britain's neglected suburban communities.

Gautam Malkani will be talking at the London Review Bookshop at 7 pm on 8 June. Tickets are £6 each, phone 020 7269 9030 or email books@lrbshop.co.uk.