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A London graphic designer is suddenly forced to take over his South Asian family's convenience.
From an author whose work has been shortlisted for Costa and PEN Awards, this novel about a man trapped between British and Punjabi culture.
From an author whose work has been shortlisted for Costa and PEN Awards, this novel about a man trapped between British and Punjabi culture.
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"...filled with details of the lives of Sikhs from the late '60s to the riots of 2011. The divisions within the Sikh population are poignantly and comically captured in the protests against the Wolverhampton Transport Department's ban on turbans."
Los Angeles Review of Books
"...hugely enjoyable."
The Sunday Express
"Sathnam Sanghera's witty first novel chronicles three generations of a Punjabi Indian family in England. After his father dies, Arjan Banga, a graphic designer in London, returns to the dreary West Midlands to help run the family convenience store. The move causes tension with his white fiancée, Freya, whom his mother regards with passive-aggressive disapproval. Arjan must explain to customers th
The New York Times