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\"Reluctant<\/a>A deserved Booker 2007 shortlister,\u00a0Hamid\u2019s slim, powerful title is a deconstruction\u00a0of the failure of the American\u00a0Dream for those who look like the\u00a0enemy. Changez is a young, accomplished\u00a0Pakistani transplant with a\u00a0Princeton pedigree, a top Midtown\u00a0Manhattan money job, and even a growing\u00a0circle of friends in all the right places.\u00a0But after the Towers fall, he is under suspicion.\u00a0Changez looks on as his\u00a0American Dream pixilates and crumples\u00a0and once seemingly wide-eyed wonder\u00a0turns into outrage and betrayal.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “TBR<\/em>\u2019s Editors’ Favorites of 2007,\u201d The Bloomsbury Review, <\/em>November\/December 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

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\"reluctant-fundamentalist\"A deserved Booker 2007 shortlister, Hamid\u2019s slim, powerful title is a deconstruction of the failure of the American Dream for those who look like the enemy. Changez is a young, accomplished Pakistani transplant with a Princeton pedigree, a top Midtown Manhattan money job, and even a growing circle of friends in all the right places. But after the Towers fall, he is under suspicion. Changez looks on as his American Dream pixilates and crumples and once seemingly wide-eyed wonder turns into outrage and betrayal. <\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “TBR<\/em>\u2019s Editors’ Favorites of 2007,\u201d The Bloomsbury Review, <\/em>November\/December 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

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