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The Reluctant Fundamentalist

By Mohsin Hamid

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| Paperback | 9780141029542

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At a café table in Lahore, a Pakistani man converses with a stranger. As dusk deepens to dark, he begins the tale that has brought him to this fateful meeting... Among the brightest and best of his graduating class at Princeton, Changez is snapped up by an elite firm and thrives on New York aContinue

At a café table in Lahore, a Pakistani man converses with a stranger. As dusk deepens to dark, he begins the tale that has brought him to this fateful meeting... Among the brightest and best of his graduating class at Princeton, Changez is snapped up by an elite firm and thrives on New York and the intensity of his work. And his infatuation with fragile Erica promises entree into Manhattan society on the exalted footing his own family once held back in Lahore. For a time, it seems as though nothing will stand in the way of Changez's meteoric rise to personal and professional success: the fulfilment of the immigrant's dream. But in the wake of September 11, he finds his position in the city he loves suddenly overturned, and his budding 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 perhaps even love.

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  • 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' by Mohsin Hamid

    In my opinion, this is shallow criticism, because the book's greatest failing is not its content, but the way in which the story is narrated. This is a fictional account of a young, intelligent and ambitious Pakistani who is educated at Princeton Uni ... (read full critics)

    readingmatters published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010

  • Mistaken identities

    The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid Hamish Hamilton £14.99, pp192 Mohsin Hamid's second novel is the story of a young Muslim man's loves and losses, daubed against the tumultuous backdrop of the political unrest that followed the attacks on ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  • It's weird, but maybe not that weird. I've been given this book by a friend just four days ago, the 9th of Sept. 2010, and September-eleven is one of the events that define the background of the story. I read it in a couple of days. Yes, it's a page-turner.
    It's just such a beautifully written book ... (continue)

    It's weird, but maybe not that weird. I've been given this book by a friend just four days ago, the 9th of Sept. 2010, and September-eleven is one of the events that define the background of the story. I read it in a couple of days. Yes, it's a page-turner.
    It's just such a beautifully written book that I must suggest it to everyone, clever and with a magnificent style as well.
    If you are into corporate finance you will also enjoy it...

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    darussol said on Sep 14, 2010 | Add your feedback

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    The title of this book is an eye-grabber. When I saw it on the table at my local bookstore, I knew I was eventually going to read it. When friends of mine raved about this book, and I saw it reduced on Amazon, I finally got it. All-in-all, a pretty so-so story.

    On the plus side, The Reluctant ... (continue)

    The title of this book is an eye-grabber. When I saw it on the table at my local bookstore, I knew I was eventually going to read it. When friends of mine raved about this book, and I saw it reduced on Amazon, I finally got it. All-in-all, a pretty so-so story.

    On the plus side, The Reluctant Fundamentalist is an easy story to digest; there's a subtle, lightweight element of thriller to it which you see from the beginning, and comes to the fore in the last 30 pages; the characters don't play to stereotypes.

    Unfortunately we never really get inside the narrator's head to understand what "fundamentalist" means for the main character. The narrator had every advantage America offers self-starters, yet he inexplicably delights in the 9/11 attacks, and develops hatred towards the country because of the attacks on Afghanistan. The rationale offered for his beliefs are vague and thin. I never see the issue from the narrator's point of view, nor do I recoil at his behavior.

    The Reluctant Fundamentalist looked good on the shelf, but didn't deliver.

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    Andyberschauer said on Mar 11, 2009 | Add your feedback

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