Mohsin Hamid, Author . Harcourt $22 (184p) ISBN 978-0-15-101304-3
Hamid's second book (after Moth
\t\t Smoke) is an intelligent and absorbing 9/11 novel, written from the
\t\t perspective of Changez, a young Pakistani whose sympathies, despite his fervid
\t\t immigrant embrace of America, lie with the attackers.
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Mohsin Hamid, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $23 (288p) ISBN 978-0-374-21354-1
Hamid subjects contemporary Pakistan to fierce scrutiny in his first novel, tracing the downward spiral of Darashikoh ""Daru"" Shezad, a young man whose uneasy status on the fringes of the Lahore elite is imperiled when he is fired from his job at a
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Mohsin Hamid. Riverhead, $26.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-59448-729-3
Ambition rules in this playful third novel from PEN/Hemingway Award finalist Hamid (The Reluctant Fundamentalist). The novel follows the unnamed narrator’s journey from his village childhood to becoming a corporate superstar in the big city. The...
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Mohsin Hamid. Riverhead, $27.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-59463-365-2
This collection of 36 essays will be of most interest to dedicated fans of Pakistani novelist Hamid (How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia). Others, however, may be disappointed to find that the pieces, most of which were previously published, tend...
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Mohsin Hamid. Riverhead, $26 (240p) ISBN 978-0-73521-217-6
Hamid’s (The Reluctant Fundamentalist, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia) trim yet poignant fourth novel addresses similar themes as his previous work and presents a unique perspective on the global refugee crisis. In an unidentified country,...
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Mohsin Hamid, read by the author. Penguin Audio, library edition, four CDs, 4.5 hrs., $59.99 ISBN 978-0-241-14619-4
Moshin Hamid’s novel follows a nameless protagonist who struggles to overcome poverty and find a life of luxury through a mixture of persistent hard work, luck, and, at times, questionable ethics. The entire book is told in the second person, which...
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Mohsin Hamid, Author, Satya Bhabha, Read by , read by Satya Bhabha. BBC Audio $29.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-60283-177-3
Hamid grabs hold of the American Dream as seen through the eyes of a young Princeton grad from Pakistan in a post-9/11 world. As the protagonist, Changez, finds moderate business success and romantic love in New York City, his heritage and identity...
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Mohsin Hamid. Riverhead, $26 (192p) ISBN 978-0-593-53881-4
On the first page of Hamid’s underwhelming latest (after Exit West), a white man named Anders wakes up to find he has mysteriously “turned a deep and undeniable brown.” From this Kafkaesque beginning, Hamid spins a timely if unsatisfying racial...
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