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Animal Nightlife

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Animal Nightlife
Another Kind of Concrete
Category Unknown
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forthcoming
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Koushik Banerjea
London Books
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781919184722
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 09 Jul 2026
  • Publisher: Conduit Books Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Vikram, Ravi and Sean, childhood friends from south London, seem to be the only ones who have noticed that they have wings. As adults and ‘multiples’ – their hybrid human/animal forms – they are all now dealing with the personal and political fallout of what is turning out to be an unexpectedly turbulent present in which ‘singulars’ – narrow-minded, non-syncretic - are the ones making the weather.

It feels like a dangerous time for anyone deemed an outsider. Human society has rarely been this reckless or rapacious, and the fragile ecosystem holding together all the unlikely alliances of ‘animal nightlife’ has been placed in mortal danger. Consumerism, greed, violence, and prejudice of every kind are ranged against the brave souls taking a stand by lining the telegraph wires as a final showdown draws ever closer.
About
Koushik Banerjea is a London-based writer and novelist. His debut novel, Another Kind of Concrete, was published in 2020 by Jacaranda Books. His second novel, Category Unknown, was published by London Books in 2022. Animal Nightlife won 2nd Prize in the 2023 Novel London Literary Competition. His short stories and poetry have appeared in multiple magazines including Minor Literatures, Writers Resist and Razur Cuts and have been finalists for the London Independent Story Prize 2025, the REIGN Prize 2025 and the Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Contest 2024.  He was a youth worker, journalist and DJ before embarking upon his first two novels, written while he was the sole carer for his late mother.