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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
paperback
Published:
24 April, 2008
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Description
The internationally bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted portrait of a man caught between conflicting identities and betrayed by the world he has embraced - from the author of Exit West
Adapted as a major film starring Kate Hudson and Kiefer Sutherland
'Masterful . . . A poignant love story and a thriller that subtly ratchets up the nerve-jangling tension towards an explosive ending' Metro
'Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard. I am a lover of America . . . '
So speaks the mysterious stranger at a Lahore cafe as dusk settles. Invited to join him for tea, you learn his name and what led this speaker of immaculate English to seek you out. For he is more worldy than you might expect; better travelled and better educated. He knows the West better than you do. And as he tells you his story, of how he embraced the Western dream -- and a Western woman -- and how both betrayed him, so the night darkens. Then the true reason for your meeting becomes abundantly clear . . .
Challenging, mysterious and thrillingly tense, Mohsin Hamid's masterly The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a vital read teeming with questions and ideas about some of the most pressing issues of today's globalised, fractured world.
Prizes
Winner of Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.,Short-listed for The Australia-Asia Literary Award 2008,Winner of South Bank Show Award for Literature 2008 (UK),Winner of Ambassador Book Award 2008 (UK),Winner of Asian American Literary Award 2008 (UK),Short-listed for Commonwealth Writers Prize.,Short-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction.,Short-listed for Freedom of Expression Award.,Short-listed for James Tait Black Memorial Prize.,Short-listed for Freedom of Expression Award.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780141029542 |
| ISBN10 | 0141029544 |
| Number Of Pages | 224 |
| Item Weight | 161 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 198 x 15 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
A profoundly contemporary story about civil wars, unstable countries and refugees pouring to the cities of the West... beautifully written, with the ghost of Camus hovering at the edge of the frame * New Statesman *
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Author's Bio
MOHSIN HAMID writes regularly for The New York Times, the Guardian and the New York Review of Books, and is the author of Exit West, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Moth Smoke, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia and Discontent and its Civilizations. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he has since lived between Lahore, London and New York.