The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a novel by Mohsin Hamid that was published in 2007. The novel takes place during the course of a single evening in an outdoor Lahore cafe, where a bearded Pakistani man called Changez (the Urdu name for Genghis) tells a nervous American stranger about his love affair with, and eventual abandonment of, America. A short story adapted from the novel called "Focus on the Fundamentals" appeared in the Fall 2006 issue of "The Paris Review".

Awards & nominations

The novel was shortlisted for the 2007 Booker Prize [ [http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/archive/39 Man Booker Prize - Prize Archive (2007)] ] . It also won an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award [ [http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/PressRoom/PressReleases/detail.aspx?id=918 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - 73rd annual winners announced] ] and the South Bank Show Annual Award for Literature [ [http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1031 Mohsin Hamid wins 2008 South Bank Show Award] ] .

References

External links

General
* [http://www.theparisreview.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5645 Excerpt of The Reluctant Fundamentalist in The Paris Review]
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17553245/site/newsweek/ Newsweek: The Reluctant Fundamentalist is one of director Mira Nair's 5 most important books]
* [http://reluctantfundamentalist.com The Reluctant Fundamentalist Web Site] Reviews
* [http://www.mohsinhamid.com/trfreviews.html Reviews of The Reluctant Fundamentalist from Mohsin Hamid's website]
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/books/0713,harvey,76165,10.html Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist from The Village Voice]
* [http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/books/article.html?in_article_id=39422&in_page_id=28 Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist from Metro]
* [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article2382028.ece Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist from The Independent]
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2030874,00.html Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist from The Observer]
* [http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/03/31/030529.php Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist from Blogcritics]
* [http://www.egothemag.com/archives/2007/04/the_reluctant_f.htm Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist from EGO Magazine]
* [http://www.newsline.com.pk/NewsApr2007/bookmark2apr.htm Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist in Pakistani monthly political magazine Newsline]
* [http://www.democratiya.com/review.asp?reviews_id=93 Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist in "Democratiya", an online journal]


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