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rpnelson 's review for:
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
by Mohsin Hamid
Well written, though, I did find the manned form of narration slightly annoying. It reminds the reader that older civilisations have come and gone, and America is nothing special in that accord.
In fact, while other countries have helped create the civil in civilization, the trend now in the US is to reduce everything to mere efficiency and short-term profit, just as the narrator is trained to do.
By focusing on the India/Pakistan conflict, the novel toys with expectations you might have from the title, yet it maintains it air of menace effectively. Why many will be no doubt turned off by its critique of America, they would be better served to look at is as an opportunity to look at the country through intelligent (if foreign) eyes.
In fact, while other countries have helped create the civil in civilization, the trend now in the US is to reduce everything to mere efficiency and short-term profit, just as the narrator is trained to do.
By focusing on the India/Pakistan conflict, the novel toys with expectations you might have from the title, yet it maintains it air of menace effectively. Why many will be no doubt turned off by its critique of America, they would be better served to look at is as an opportunity to look at the country through intelligent (if foreign) eyes.