Hamid is at the peak of his considerable powers here, and delivers a tightly paced, preternaturally wise book about a thoroughly likable, thoroughly troubled striver in the messiest, most chaotic ring of global economy. 'Brilliantly structured, deeply felt written with the confidence and bravura of a man born to write. 'Even more intriguing, compelling and moving than The Reluctant Fundamentalist. This is all the more remarkable since you've never in your life seen any of these things. Your anguish is the anguish of a boy whose chocolate has been thrown away, whose remote controls are out of batteries, whose scooter is busted, whose new sneakers have been stolen. Romantic without being sentimental, political without being didactic, and spiritual without being religious, it brings an unflinching gaze to the violence and hopes it depicts. And to do that it has to find you, huddled, shivering, on the packed earth under your mother's cot one cold, dewy morning. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is a striking slice of contemporary life at a time of crushing upheaval. Its objective, as it says on the cover, is to show you how to get filthy rich in rising Asia. Only a master could have written this propulsive tale of a striver living on the knife's edge, a noir Horatio Alger story for our frenetic, violent times' Ben Fountain 'Mohsin Hamid is one of the best writers in the world, period. The trick however is good enough to show up and see what this pony is all about.
A sharp, fresh satire for the ruthless modern world - for fans of Dave Eggers, Ben Lerner and Gary Shtenygart Mohsin Hamid's 'How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia' will keep you spellbound with it's prose, but the lack of emotional depth or development in the characters render this short novel a bit of a one trick pony.
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