Mohsin Hamid

Follows the journey of a young, impoverished boy in an unspecified Asian nation to the top of the corporate world and the twists and turns of his relationship with a beautiful woman.

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

Toni Turner

**Read this for a college course in 2017**

I remember my classmates really enjoying it, but I did not have the attention span. It was basically his train of thought over his entire life? And I remember it being sad?

Neha Kirpalani

Les Reynolds

Very unusual book. Loved the writing style. Very quirky and unexpected.

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is Mohsin Hamid's spectacular, thought-provoking novel of modern Asia 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 fluid and increasingly scarce of goods: water. Yet his heart remains set on something else, on the pretty girl whose star rises alongside his, their paths crossing and re-crossing in a love affair sparked and snuffed out again by the forces that careen their fates along. The hero of the story could be any one of us, hungry for a different life. And ours too could be the fate that awaits him . . . Fast-paced, vivid and emotionally absorbing, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia creates two unforgettable characters who find moments of transcendent intimacy in the midst of shattering change. Praise for How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia: 'Even more intriguing, compelling and moving than The Reluctant Fundamentalist. A marvellous book' Philip Pullman 'This brilliantly structured, deeply felt book is written with the confidence and bravura of a man born to write. Hamid is at the peak of his considerable powers here, and delivers a tightly paced, preternaturally wise book about a thoroughly likable, thoroughly troubled striver in the messiest, most chaotic ring of global economy. Completely unforgettable' Dave Eggers 'Mohsin Hamid is one of the best writers in the world, period. Only a master could have written this propulsive tale of a striver living on the knife's edge, a noir Horatio Alger story for our frenetic, violent times' Ben Fountain 'Written in the most compelling second person since Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City, with which it also shares a sharp take on our frenetic, urban lives, Hamid's novel proves that the most compelling fiction today is coming from South Asia' Daily Beast Mohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke. His fiction has been adapted for the cinema, translated into over 30 languages, received numerous awards, and been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has contributed essays and short stories to publications such as the Guardian, The New York Times, Financial Times, Granta, and the New Yorker. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between Lahore, London and New York.

How to Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia

Drew Timms

Patrick Anquetil 

Leo Vogel

Tari Rosario

Miroslav Bekyarov

David Tomasoni-Major 

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Ben Radford

'This book is a self-help book. Its objective, as it says on the cover, is to show you how to get filthy rich in rising Asia. And to do that it has to find you, huddled, shivering, on the packed earth under your mother's cot one cold, dewy morning. Your anguish is the anguish of a boy whose chocolate has been thrown away, whose remote controls are out of batteries, whose scooter is busted, whose new sneakers have been stolen. This is all the more remarkable since you've never in your life seen any of these things . . .' 'Dazzling, addictive, tremendous. A writer at the height of his powers with a hell of a story to tell.' Guardian 'A rags-to-riches love story.' Independent 'Romantic, exciting, a page-turner throughout.' Harper's Bazaar 'Hamid is one of the most talented writers of his generation. A vital and affecting portrait of a teeming and globally significant culture.' Daily Telegraph 'The new voice of a changing continent. A writer at the top of his game.' Metro 'Astonishing.' Economist

Dan Knisley

What does it take for you to climb from complete poverty to a mansion, bullet- proof car and bodyguards? Twelve simple rules . . . How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is the story of a young boy, born into a poor family. As the years pass, he moves to a slum in the city, gets a brief education, flirts with militancy, and then, hungry for advancement, sets up a bottled water business, the ultimate symbol of the modern South Asian city – a place where nothing works but everything can be had at a price. But as he leaves his past behind, one thing remains constant and true – his love for the girl he met as a teenager. Both particular and universal, socially acute and deeply romantic, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is the story of the South Asian city today – a place sizzling with energy, opportunity and inequality – and the life of one man and his extraordinary journey. Told through the conventions of a self-help guide to becoming rich, this is a dazzling and virtuoso novel written with wit, intelligence and deep humanity.

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

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