Few who read Mohsin Hamid’s excellent Booker-shortlisted novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, could have predicted the sharp turn away from straight realism he seems to have taken. Sure, it was a good book with a few sly tricks, but since then he has thrown the rulebook to the wind and gone off on some pretty cool creative frolics.
THE LAST WHITE MAN by Mohsin Hamid
THE LAST WHITE MAN by Mohsin Hamid
THE LAST WHITE MAN by Mohsin Hamid
Few who read Mohsin Hamid’s excellent Booker-shortlisted novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, could have predicted the sharp turn away from straight realism he seems to have taken. Sure, it was a good book with a few sly tricks, but since then he has thrown the rulebook to the wind and gone off on some pretty cool creative frolics.