B&N Recommends: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid [ Edited ]

[Amanda_R]

Barnes & Noble Recommends...

From our editors: "Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a psychological thriller that spans continents and cultures, taking us from the privileged confines of Princeton University to the sun-baked Greek island of Santorini to the highest echelons of American finance. It's a journey we take in less than 200 pages -- and without leaving, until the very end, a small table at a modest tearoom in Lahore, Pakistan. Narrated in a single, unforgettable voice that eloquently reveals the tragic human realities of the post-9/11 world, it is an extraordinary work of empathy and imagination that Barnes & Noble Recommends."

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See our video interview with Hamid for an insider's look at the author and his inspirations.

Amanda

Message Edited by Amanda_R on 06-22-2007 03:37 PM

[Paul_Hochman]

I'm really looking forward to this. I have a bunch of questions for Mohsin. Namely, how did he develop and maintain the psychological unease that drives the narrative and makes the book a thinking man/woman's page-turning, thriller?

[laurarush]

I have just started reading this and I'm totally lost. Please tell me it's going to get better. I rushed out last night to buy it and was so excited to start reading and now I hope I didn't make a mistake.
Laura

[Paul_Hochman]

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laurarush wrote:
I have just started reading this and I'm totally lost. Please tell me it's going to get better. I rushed out last night to buy it and was so excited to start reading and now I hope I didn't make a mistake.
Laura

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How far are you in, Laura? Is the single narrative throwing you off? Stick with it. It's well worth it.

[Melissa_W Moderator]

Hang in there - it's an extreme version of first person POV, but I think it's really facinating!

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laurarush wrote:
I have just started reading this and I'm totally lost. Please tell me it's going to get better. I rushed out last night to buy it and was so excited to start reading and now I hope I didn't make a mistake.
Laura

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