Mohsin Hamid | The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid is a compelling and provocative novel about identity, belonging and the increasingly uneasy relationship between East and West in the aftermath of September 11. At a café in Lahore, a young Pakistani man named Changez begins telling a mysterious American stranger the story of his life. A brilliant Princeton graduate, Changez once seemed destined to achieve the American dream, securing a prestigious position at the elite New York valuation firm Underwood Samson and falling in love with the beautiful Erica.
But after the attacks of September 11, his relationship with America begins to fracture. As suspicion and hostility grow around him, Changez is forced to reconsider his ambitions, loyalties and sense of self. Told as an absorbing dramatic monologue and building towards an unsettlingly ambiguous conclusion, The Reluctant Fundamentalist explores love, prejudice, globalisation and political identity with remarkable economy and tension. Shortlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize, it became an international bestseller and was subsequently adapted into a major motion picture.
- • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Language: English
• Cover: Paperback
• Publication Date: March 28, 2013
• Number of Pages: 224
• Dimensions: approximately 198 × 129 × 14 mm
• Weight: approximately 159 g
• Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Political Novel, Psychological Prose
• Location: Lahore, New York






