The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an American 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 Underwood and Samson, an elite firm that specializes in ‘valuation’ of companies ripe for acquisition. He thrives on New York and the intensity of his work, and his infatuation with the 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, 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.The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a riveting and devastating exploration of our divided and yet ultimately indivisible world, with echoes of Fitzgerald and Camus.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, where he worked as a car salesman, journalist and lawyer. He studied at Princeton and Harvard Law School, and currently lives in New York City. This is his first novel.

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Title
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
0670081094
Length
184p.
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