The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

SHORT-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOKER PRIZEAt a cafe table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, he begins the tale that has brought them to this fateful encounter Changez is living an immigrant s dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by the elite valuation firm of Underwood Samson. He thrives on the energy of New York, and his budding romance with elegant, beautiful Erica promises entry into Manhattan society at the same exalted level once occupied by his own family back in Lahore.But in the wake of September 11, Changez finds his position in his adopted city suddenly overturned and his relationship with Erica eclipsed by the reawakened ghosts of her past. And Changez s own identity is in seismic shift as well, unearthing allegiances more fundamental than money, power, and maybe even love. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a riveting, brilliantly unsettling exploration of the shadowy, unexpected connections between the political and the personal. Taut and accomplished.-- San Francisco Chronicle Slender, smart, and subversive.--Entertainment Weekly A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOKMOHSIN HAMID grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, and attended Princeton and Harvard. His first novel, Moth Smoke, was a Betty Trask Award winner, a PEN/Hemingway Award finalist, and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His writing has also appeared in Time, the New York Times, and other publications. He lives in London.Discussion guide inside and at www.HarcourtBooks.com.Visit www.ReluctantFundamentalist.com.STEP-BACK PAGE: Elegant and chilling.--The New York Times Book Review [A] resounding success. The Village Voice Brilliantly written. The Seattle Times Hamid s style is delightfully distinct . . . [He] has done something extraordinary. The Washington Post[A] lucid, unsettling novel.--The New Yorker An unsettling novel for unsettling times.--The San Diego Union-Tribune

Exit West and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, both finalists for the Man Booker Prize, are among Mohsin Hamid's international bestsellers. Moth Smoke, his first novel, won the Betty Trask Prize and was a PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award finalist. His pieces have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, and other publications, including a collection of them called Discontent and Its Civilizations. He is based in Pakistan's Lahore.

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ISBN 13	9780156034029
ISBN 10	0156034026
Title	The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Author	Mohsin Hamid
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cengage Learning, Inc
Year published	2008-04-14
Number of pages	208
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