The Reluctant Fundamentalist -- Mohsin Hamid - Paperback
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist -- Mohsin Hamid - Paperback. Author: Mohsin Hamid. MOHSIN HAMID grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, and attended Princeton and Harvard. He lives in London. Binding Type: Paperback. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by an elite valuation firm. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORT-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE The elegant and compelling novel about a Pakistani man's abandonment of his high-flying life in New York--an extraordinary portrait of a divided and yet ultimately indivisible world in America post-9/11. At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. He begins to tell the story of a man named Changez, who is living an immigrant's dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by an elite valuation firm. 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 Book and Mortar Record Store The Reluctant Fundamentalist -- Mohsin Hamid A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORT-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE The elegant and compelling novel about a Pakistani man's abandonment of his high-flying life in New York--an extraordinary portrait of a divided and yet ultimately indivisible world in America post-9/11. At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. He begins to tell the story of a man named Changez, who is living an immigrant's dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by an elite valuation firm. 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 shifting. And Changez's own identity is in seismic shift as well, unearthing allegiances more fundamental than money, power, and maybe even love. Author: Mohsin Hamid Publisher: Harper Perennial Published: 04/14/2008 Pages: 208 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.35lbs Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d ISBN: 9780156034029 Age Range: 14-UP Accelerated Reader: Reading Level: 8 Point Value: 8 Interest Level: Upper Grade Quiz #/Name: 118797 / Reluctant Fundamentalist: A Novel Review Citation(s): New York Times Book Review 05/25/2008 pg. 20 About the Author MOHSIN HAMID grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, and attended Princeton and Harvard. His first novel, Moth Smoke, was a Betty Trask Award winner, PEN/ Hemingway Award finalist, and 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.
