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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
by Mohsin Hamid
The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a lesson in civility. Its pacing is practiced and hospitable. There is ceremony and sublimation. Such is the story of Changez, a Pakistani Princeton graduate and one-time corporate star in NYC, told on a wonderful day in Lahore. His shadowy interlocutor is an American of unknown intentions. The novel offers a modest immigrant's tale. While it is clear there is extreme emotion just under the surface, the notion of any real threat remains uncertain. It is this menace which propels the narrative, enhances our suspicions, allows to err on the side of a hasty credible threat.
The novel is masterful as an illumination, as an idyll and as a pointing a finger at our own fears.
The novel is masterful as an illumination, as an idyll and as a pointing a finger at our own fears.