London, May 25: Named recently by Granta as one of the 20 best young novelists, Hari Kunzru, 33, was selected by the Telegraph among top writers for a look-in of the rooms in which they have written their famous novels. The visit also turned out to be an opportunity for a rare insight of their lives and thoughts. Kunzru wrote his acclaimed first novel The Impressionist, a tale of a man's journey from end-of-the-Raj India to Africa on a desk "spilling over" with boxes and shelves filled "with the legacies of his various pursuits" like photography and music. His next book Transmission is due for publication next year. "In my head, I'm one of those Kimono-clad minimalists who drift around looking fantastic in a white cube house - but actually, look at the state of it," said Kunzru to Sally Williams who went to explore his writing den. Part Indian and part British, the Oxford-educated Kunzru, who lives in a terrace house in south-east London, said: "I could easily have ended up as an electronic music person, but you can only do a certain number of things." His room is strewn with CDs, six cameras, a flat screen computer and a gadgety clock. A plywood door balanced on a filing cabinet and trellis is his desk. "I write in a busy way and I write quite informationally dense material. I need to have all these things around (CDs et al)." For a time, he told, he wrote to the sound of "cheesy techno music". And added: "I blend in completely."