The Reluctant Fundamentalist Contributor(s): Hamid, Mohsin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156034026 ISBN-13: 9780156034029 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: Praise for THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST "A brilliant book. With spooky restraint and masterful control, Hamid unpicks the underpinnings of the most recent episode of distrust between East and West. But this book does not merely excel in capturing a developing bitterness. The narrative is balanced by a love as powerful as the sinister forces gathering, even when it recedes into a phantom of hope." -- Kiran Desai, author of "The Inheritance of Loss""" "Beautifully written -- what a joy it is to find such intelligent prose, such clarity of thought and exposition -- and superbly constructed. The author has managed to tighten the screw of suspense almost without our being aware it is happening, and the result is a tale of enormous tension -- more exciting than any thriller I've read for a long time, as well as being a subtle and elegant analysis of the state of our world today." -- Philip Pullman, author of "His Dark Materials" "" |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Contemporary - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Political |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2006021732 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.35 lbs) 208 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 118797 Reading Level: 8.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize At a caf 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 . . . |
Contributor Bio(s): Hamid, Mohsin: - MOHSIN HAMID is the author of three novels. His latest novel, Exit West, has been short-listed for the 2017 Man Booker Prize. Moth Smoke, his first novel, was a Betty Trask Award winner, PEN/ Hemingway Award finalist, and New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His second, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, a bestseller in the United States and abroad, was also short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Hamid's writing has appeared in Time, the New York Times, and other publications. |