In his satirical new novel The Life and Opinions of Kartik Popat, Brannavan Gnanalingam imagines the rise of an immoral NZ politician who is also a “bad” Indian immigrant. Photo: Hannah Salmon/Shahir Daud
Brannavan Gnanalingam is one of the first South Asian writers to be published in New Zealand.
His eighth novel, a political satire is The Life and Opinions of Kartik Popat.
Think Veep, or Yes Minister - set in the Beehive. It's also a book about ideas, about fitting in.
Brannavan Gnanalingam is an award-winning novelist and film reviewer, and former columnist for the Sunday-Star Times.
