The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Author: Hamid, Mohsin
ISBN: 9780241981382
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 224
Dimensions: 178mm x 111mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Mohsin Hamid's provocative, elegant and gripping novel, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time
'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 her 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 . . .
ISBN: 9780241981382
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 224
Dimensions: 178mm x 111mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Mohsin Hamid's provocative, elegant and gripping novel, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time
'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 her 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 . . .
