Mohsin Hamid

Books on prize lists

• Exit West

  Written in English

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  Booker 2017 · Shortlist

  Exit West

  Exit West

  Mohsin Hamid · 46 when first published

  Novel · Migration, Love, Speculative

  AIAI-generated summary:In a city swollen with refugees and sliding towards civil war, Saeed and Nadia fall in love, while rumours spread of mysterious black doors that can carry people out of the country to somewhere else.

• The Reluctant Fundamentalist

  Written in English

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  Booker 2007 · Shortlist

  The Reluctant Fundamentalist

  The Reluctant Fundamentalist

  Mohsin Hamid · 36 when first published

  Novel · 184 pages · Politics, Migration

  AIAI-generated summary:Over one evening at a café in Lahore, a young Pakistani man tells a wary American stranger how he went from Princeton and a high-flying New York job to the life he leads now.