danieleloy 's review for:

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

5.0

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Unique style of narration, as this novel unfolds over the course of a day-long conversation between the protagonist, and you, an American in Lahore. The tension created in this storytelling becomes most apparent in the pages concluding the novel. A short and brilliant examination of love and loss, how identity is shaped by global forces, and the fallout of a media and state-backed effort to vilify Muslims in post-9/11 USA.