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

4.0

As a South Asian, this book was haunting: I saw so much of my own country meticulously woven into the rich story and the fantastic prose that I forgot that it couldn't be my own country after all that the author meant to convey. The writing style, the prose, the narration - I really can't fault any of it. What did bother me, though, is that there are so few authors that can capture the essence of our countries in such few words - why can't there be more superb South Asian storytellers like Mohsin Hamid?