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barbaraalfond 's review for:
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
by Mohsin Hamid
This slim but powerful monologue, in the guise of a novel, was a perfectly-formed and executed rumination into American economic power and its ability to seduce not only individuals, but societies, allies, and nation states. It is so deceptively simple, and so powerful, that I think I will mark the Blizzard of 2022 by pondering it as I prepare dinner— and then watch the film tonight. I am late, late, late to this book, first published in 2007 and pre-dating the author’s unforgettable Exit West, but it has a message and a style that seems to have held up admirably.