2007 was apparently a great year for the Mann Booker prize. I finished the second book from the short list last night, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which I was rather reluctant about reading until I started it. Then, I was reluctant to put it down.
I am often tired of books about Pakistan before I even start them, it seems like there are so many of them and they often sound the same. Same story, same characters – over and over and over again. Not this one. Even the 9/11 theme felt fresh and new and different.