TY - BOOK AU - Hamid,Mohsin TI - The Reluctant Fundamentalist SN - 9780156034029 AV - PS3558.A42169 R45 2007 U1 - 813/.54 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Harper Collins KW - Pakistani Americans KW - Fiction KW - Race discrimination KW - Self-perception N1 - Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize; New York Times Bestseller N2 - Changez is living an immigrant's dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by the elite valuation firm of Underwood Samson. He thrives on the energy of New York, and his budding romance with elegant, beautiful Erica promises entry into Manhattan society at the same exalted level once occupied by his own family back in Lahore. But in the wake of September 11, Changez finds his position in his adopted city suddenly overturned and his relationship with Erica eclipsed by the reawakened ghosts of her past. And Changez's own identity is in seismic shift as well, unearthing allegiances more fundamental than money, power, and maybe even love UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006021732-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006021732-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0707/2006021732-s.html ER -