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At a cafe table in Lahore, a Pakistani man converses with a stranger. As dusk deepens to dark, he begins the tale that has brought him to this fateful meeting...Among the brightest and best of his graduating class at Princeton, Changez is snapped up by an elite firm and thrives on New York and the intensity of his work. And his infatuation with fragile Erica promises entree into Manhattan society on the exalted footing his own family once held back in Lahore. For a time, it seems as though nothing will stand in the way of Changez's meteoric rise to personal and professional success: the fulfillment of the immigrant's dream. But in the wake of September 11, he finds his position in the city he loves suddenly overturned, and his budding 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 perhaps even love.
| ISBN | 0141029544 | | Pages | 224 | | ISBN13 | 9780141029542
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 204 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 24 Apr 2008 | | Spine width (mm) | 16 | | DEWEY | 813.6 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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This book was excellent , it pulls you in and you look forward to reading the next chapter. The conclusion leaves as many questions as answers and you are left to meke your own ending - highly recomended. - Anthony DewA book which is cost-worthy... learned a lot from it - kay Write a review
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