Animal Nightlife

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR ANIMAL NIGHTLIFE

 'Prose as languid as 'Shangri-La' and as defiant as raisins in the flour... a strange, wonderful novel.'
Andy Polaris, lead singer of Animal Nightlife

 PRAISE FOR CATEGORY UNKNOWN

‘Deep-rooted and audacious, this is a novel of great style and soul, from a stylish, soulful writer.'
John King, author of The Football Factory

‘A fascinating, multi-layered story of complex characters caught in a maelstrom of conflicting emotions as Britain moves into the era of Thatcherism and beyond… Through his magnificently eloquent prose, keen nose for dialogue and natural talent for intricate, modern-day storytelling, Banerjea seems to suggest that identity politics have been with us for longer than we might think – and that they’re gradually undermining
everything that is good around us.’
Morning Star

‘A kaleidoscopic, exuberant journey across South London Badlands – and worse, during epochal decades – told with lashings of Koushik Banerjea’s customary verve, wit and passion. Simply unmissable.’
Asian Culture Vulture

‘Thirty years of London life in 350-odd pages… Category Unknown has everything! Banerjea’s novel sucks you in and places you on the streets, full of nervous energy, wide-eyed and confused, as complicated, real life goes on around you. Nothing here is certain... An unsettling, engrossing read.’
International Times

‘By turns exquisitely drawn and disturbing, Category Unknown is a novel with something important to say about where we've ended up now… This book somehow manages to make a distilled epic of its pop cultural subject and is both nerveless and unnerving in how it goes about this. It is funny, smart, sad and unresolved. The ghost of Samuel Selvon would surely approve.’
3AM Magazine

‘With time comes hindsight, and Banerjea uses it here to reflect on cultural turning points, social patterns, and the imposter syndrome to which no one is immune… A dense and ambitious book.’
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PRAISE FOR ANOTHER KIND OF CONCRETE

‘A story told with eloquence and a palpable joy in language, both English and Bengali. It’s also beautifully and evocatively multi-layered, shot through with subtle complexity… It’s a dazzling debut that brilliantly explores the interconnections between race and class and it deserves to be read as widely as possible.’
Morning Star

‘Finally, we get a version of 1970s London told from something other than a white perspective… A fantastic novel.’
International Times