How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
by:
Mohsin Hamid (author)
About the Book 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...
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About the Book
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.
Told through the conventions of a self-help guide to becoming rich, this is a dazzling and virtuoso novel from the acclaimed author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
About the Author
Mohsin Hamid is the author of two acclaimed novels, most recently The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He lives in Lahore.
Book Details
ISBN-13: 9780670086375
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Availability: Available
Language: ENGLISH
ISBN-10: 0670086371
Publisher Date: 03/2013
Binding: HARDBACK
No of Pages: 240
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780241144664 (0241144663)
Publish date: March 1st 2013
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Pages no: 228
Edition language: English
Let's acknowledge right up front that this book is based on a gimmick, a slick writer's gimmick, and that to pull it off it's going to take a bit of work and luck and not a small amount of talent, and even then, it's risky. When I read the opening sentence, "Look, unless you're writing one, a self...
I really love this book. For many reasons. First perhaps is because of the truly original choice of writing it in the second person, instead of the usual first or third. Somehow, I felt it really worked to get me more empathic with the main character.Second is the strong link with Pakistan, a countr...
I wish I could give half stars ratings. I loved the framing of this book, but the story itself paled in comparison. The construction of the story though - glimpses at moments throughout the protagonist's life, was lovely and worked well. I understand why it was written in 2nd person, but I found ...
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is the best book I’ve read this year because it made me think and then it made me cry. For a book with such a coarsely straightforward title, it’s remarkably beautiful; a love story (in a book whose third chapter title instructs: “Don’t Fall in Love”) about the ...
Cleverly & originally written, fast moving, quick read. Don't really have too much else to say--it was well done, I enjoyed it, and I would read him again. I did think that by the time the "pretty girl" was 80+, it might have maybe finally been possible to not refer to her as a "girl," but whatevs.
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