Psychological thriller set in BASINGSTOKE (Hampshire)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Location(s): Lahore
Genre(s): Novella
Era(s): Modern
The setting is Anarkali a district in Lahore, Pakistan. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is Mohsin Hamid’s thrillingly provocative international bestseller,shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2007.
‘Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard. I am a lover of America . . . ‘
So speaks the mysterious stranger at a Lahore cafe as dusk settles. Invited to join him for tea, you learn his name and what led this speaker of immaculate English to seek you out. For he is more worldy than you might expect: better travelled and better educated. He knows the West better than you do. And as he tells you his story, of how he embraced the Western dream — and a Western woman — and how both betrayed him, so the night darkens. Then the true reason for your meeting becomes abundantly clear . . .
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