Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
How can I put this lightly? Mohsin Hamid is a literary genius and his creativity and distinctive writing style is of nothing I have ever experienced before. I have read one of his other novels, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist", which was thoroughly enjoyable to read.
This novel is told in a second person narrative. As far as I can remember, only one, possibly two of the characters have names. In this story, "You" are the main character, a boy growing up from humble beginnings to a man in ripe old age. "You" are entranced by two major forces in your life: hunger to become filthy rich, and also...love.
I don't really want to give much away but out of the few Pakistani authors I have read the stories of, Mohsin Hamid is by far the best. His narrative and language surpassed that of his contemporary equivalents and the only thing I can add about this book to this review is... READ IT. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT.
