By Mohsin Hamid Parul Sehgal, New York Times Book Review, March 29, 2014 “How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia” begins under a bed. With you — yes, you — under a bed. Once you quit cowering, you’ll be the hero of this novel written in the second person, although there’s nothing remotely heroicContinue reading “How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia”
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Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
Parul Sehgal, The New York Times Book Review, June 15, 2012 “A Case of Exploding Mangoes,” Hanif’s first novel, drew favorable comparisons to “Catch-22” — both are stinging sendups of life in the air forces, but the similarities run deeper. Like Joseph Heller, Hanif specializes in a kind of horror and humor joined atContinue reading “Our Lady of Alice Bhatti”
Noon
Parul Sehgal, The New York Times Book Review, Sept. 16, 2011 Rehan Tabassum is in a bad way. Although, strictly speaking, the trouble isn’t of his making. He’s just got that kind of family — prone to falling in love with the servants, scheming against one another, messing with the wrong fundamentalist and leaving sensitiveContinue reading “Noon”
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