Brannavan Gnanalingam. Photo: supplied
Brannavan Gnanalingam is a Wellington lawyer and writer of non-fiction (mainly for the Lumière website) and fiction.
His fourth novel is A Briefcase, Two Pies and a Penthouse (Lawrence and Gibson).
The title is a reference to a top spy who misplaced a briefcase in Wellington's Aro Valley.
All that was in the case were his business cards, a diary, three mince pies, two fruit pies, the NZ Listener, and a Penthouse magazine.
Gnanalingam's novel is is a satirical take on modern-day spies in New Zealand and how, instead of Communism, the new existential threat is Islamic terrorism.
He talks to Kim Hill.
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