![]() SHORT-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZEAt a cafe table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. 'A first novel of remarkable wit, poise, profundity, and strangeness' Esquire From the Back Cover: ![]() 'One of the two or three best novels I have read this year' Nadine Gordimer The Reluctant Fundamentalist is an important book ( Evening Standard)Ī fantastic piece of work, superbly considered and controlled, with a lovely stillness and wisdom at its heart ( The Times) ![]() A multi-layered and thoroughly gripping book, which works as a poignant love story, a powerful dissection of how US imperialist machinations have turned so many people against the world's superpower - and as a thriller that subtly ratchets up the nerve-jangling tension towards an explosive ending ( Metro) a delicate meditation on the nature of perception and prejudice ( Daily Mail) remains taut until the final pages.an elegant and sharp indictment of the clouds of suspicion that now shroud our world ( Observer)Ī quietly told, cleverly constructed fable of infatuation and disenchantment with America, set on the treacherous faultlines of current east/west relations, and finely tuned to the ironies of mutual - but especially American - prejudice and misrepresentation.increasingly tense.genuinely provocative.intelligent, highly engaging ( Guardian)Įlegant, provocative. Prods the intellect, quickens the pulse and captures the imagination ( Sunday Times) ![]()
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