'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' by Pakistani Author Mohsin Hamid is a story of the impact of 9/11 on the life of a promising Pakistani professional in USA. Recently a movie has also been made on this.
The story starts with the recruitment interview of Changez, a Princeton graduate originally from Pakistan with brilliant grades and brain. He joins an evaluation firm and over achieves the expectations of his bosses, falls in love with an American girl who was suffering in the agony of her former boyfriend death but the sudden and gory event of 9/11 and the abrupt change in the behavior of fellow Americans towards him changes him drastically. His girlfriend dies because of trauma and agony and he moves to Pakistan and becomes a fundamentalist. This is a very short story and ends abruptly; the reader really gets frustrated in the end as this book promises a lot. In my view Mohsin Hamid has destroyed the plot and perhaps this twist is the beauty of the story but only perhaps. This can be a good read when you are traveling or getting bored.
Time Pass (5/10)
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