A review by lanidelrey
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid

3.0

The first fictional novel I’ve read written in the 2nd person so that the reader is the protagonist, which I thought was intriguing. I appreciate the structure of the novel to contextualize and comment on the rags to riches story in an industrializing Asian country (the author doesn’t specify where it’s set); specifically, that the pursuit of wealth within a capitalist economy can begin as a means to survive but towards an end devoid of what actually makes life meaningful. Three stars because it was good, but not my favorite story