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The Reluctant Fundamentalist is the
award-winning international bestseller by Mohsin
Hamid.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING
KATE HUDSON AND KIEFER
SUTHERLAND
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN
BOOKER PRIZE 2007
'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 . . .
Praise for The Reluctant
Fundamentalist:
'Beautifully written . . . more
exciting than any thriller I've read for a long time'
Philip Pullman
'Admirably spare and amazingly
exciting' Rachel Cooke, New
Statesman
'Sharp, relevant,
impressively intelligent . . . entertains at the same
time as it makes you think' Daily Telegraph
'A
cleverly constructed fable of infatuation and
disenchantment . . . Intelligent and highly engaging,
genuinely provocative' Guardian
'A
brilliant book' Kiran Desai
'Prods the intellect,
quickens the pace and captures the imagination'
Sunday Times
Mohsin Hamid is the author of
three novels: The Reluctant Fundamentalist,
Moth Smoke and How to Get Filthy Rich in
Rising Asia. His fiction has been translated into
over 30 languages, received numerous awards, and been
shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has contributed
essays and short stories to publications such as the
Guardian, The New York Times, Financial
Times, Granta, and Paris Review. Born
and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his
childhood in California, studied at Princeton University
and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between
Lahore, London, and New York.
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