#42 The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid
Booker Prize : Shortlisted 2007 Plot Time and Place : USA, Pakistan, around 2001 Opening sentence : "Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you." Plot summary : A Pakistani immigrant who since 9/11 has become alienated with the USA tells his story to an American stranger. (from thebookerprizes.com) Review : It was i nteresting to get to know the point of view of an immigrant in America. I also really enjoyed the writing: the unreliable narrator, the leaving some aspects open to the reader's interpretation or imagination, the stream of consciousness writing. Also it is a critique of American prejudices, sense of superiority, and out of control capitalism. Rating : 4/5