A second-person satirical novel framed as a self-help guide follows an unnamed man's rise from rural poverty to corporate wealth in an unnamed Asian megalopolis, intertwined with a.
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A second-person satirical novel framed as a self-help guide follows an unnamed man's rise from rural poverty to corporate wealth in an unnamed Asian megalopolis, intertwined with a.
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In this keenly-awaited follow-up to his bestselling The Reluctant Fundamentalist , Mohsin Hamid confirms his place as a radically inventive story-teller with his finger on the world's pulse. The astonishing and riveting tale of a man's journey from impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon, it steals its shape from the business self-help books devoured by youths all over 'rising Asia'. It follows its nameless hero to the sprawling metropolis where he begins to amass an empire built on the most ...
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Central romantic affair with explicit sexual content and recurring physical intimacy.
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Vulgar and provocative language used throughout the narrative.
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Examines class inequality, economic ambition, and social mobility in a developing economy.
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Depictions of poverty, rural displacement, and systemic economic hardship.
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