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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Contributor(s): Hamid, Mohsin (Author)
ISBN: 0156034026     ISBN-13: 9780156034029
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2008
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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
 
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Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize
A New York Times bestseller
A Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year
A New York Times Notable Book

"Extreme times call for extreme reactions, extreme writing. Hamid has done something extraordinary with this novel."--Washington Post

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 . . .
Changez 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.


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.