Reluctant fundamentalist, paperback/mohsin hamid

This powerful and original novel explores timely themes through a moving love story with a heart-stopping ending.

It follows a young Pakistani man settled in New York who finds himself caught between his roots and his new life - a potent exploration of the personal and international consequences of the friction between East & West.

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2007.

Beautifully written and superbly constructed.

a tale of enormous tension (and) a subtle and elegant analysis of our world today Philip Pullman.