Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal's Tourism
Just completed reading Tourism over the weekend. It's been ages since i last completed a book. And it took me less than a week for this 246-page fiction. So this must be some read huh?!.0.jpg)
It's a filthy (18sx) and fun read altogether. Tourism has really nothing to do with your usual sightseeing industry. This first novel by Dhaliwal centres on the life of Bhupinder 'Puppy' Singh from his early years in Southall to later London. The book takes us back to when he was ostracised and mocked in school for being an Asian. And later he grew up wanting to escape from his tradition-centred family.
there was actually a star-shaped sticker beneath the letters 'r' and 'i' which was peeled off by my itchy fingers ;p (my guess - for local distribution!)
It tells of Puppy and his bunch of alcohol/weed/nicotine-addict friends, a gay pal, and his long-hidden (from her at least) desires for a voluptuous Gujerati (so much for high moral values here!). Not forgetting his parasitic relationship with his model-girlfriend (i so despise this type of male). We get to see London through the eyes of an 'outsider'.
I would say this is something like Sex and the City,... but narrated by a guy with London as the centre stage, not New York. I suspect the main character's story mirrored the writer's own? I could be wrong, maybe mirrored is not the right word.. influence perhaps?..
What made me pick up this book? Well, the suggestive photo cover and the summary (as always actually). Was interested in the book when i first saw it two weeks ago and finally went back to buy it the following week. Good thing i did.
posted by pearly @ 9:02 PM
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