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## Amazon.com Review Mohsin Hamid's first novel, __Moth Smoke__, dealt with the confluence of personal and political themes, and his second, __The Reluctant Fundamentalist__, revisits that territory in the person of Changez, a young Pakistani. Told in a single monologue, the narrative never flags. Changez is by turns naive, sinister, unctuous, mildly threatening, overbearing, insulting, angry, resentful, and sad. He tells his story to a nameless, mysterious American who sits across from him at a Lahore cafe. Educated at Princeton, employed by a first-rate valuation firm, Changez was living the American dream, earning more money than he thought possible, caught up in the New York social scene and in love with a beautiful, wealthy, damaged girl. The romance is negligible; Erica is emotionally unavailable, endlessly grieving the death of her lifelong friend and boyfriend, Chris. Changez is in Manila on 9/11 and sees the towers come down on TV. He tells the American, "...I __smiled__. Yes, despicable as it may sound, my initial reaction was to be remarkably pleased... I was caught up in the symbolism of it all, the fact that someone had so visibly brought America to her knees..." When

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Author

Hamid, Mohsin, 1971-

Publisher

Harvest Books;Mariner Books

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780141029542

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Thriller

Rating

3.67 / 5 (941 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14