April 30, 2009
I’ve been reading a novel these past few days: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.
Short and very readable it is, to quote a Sunday Herald blurb, “The most astute and subtle insight yet published in fictional form about September 11 and its repercussions.”
Written in the first person, it recounts a one-sided conversation that takes place in Lahore between a young Pakistani man who has been educated at Princeton and lived and worked in New York and a visiting American. I’m half expecting a twist at the end, but regardless it has been an enjoyable, insightful read so far.
Short and very readable it is, to quote a Sunday Herald blurb, “The most astute and subtle insight yet published in fictional form about September 11 and its repercussions.”
Written in the first person, it recounts a one-sided conversation that takes place in Lahore between a young Pakistani man who has been educated at Princeton and lived and worked in New York and a visiting American. I’m half expecting a twist at the end, but regardless it has been an enjoyable, insightful read so far.
