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How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

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 From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the boldly imagined tale of a poor boy’s quest for wealth and love.

His first two novels established Mohsin Hamid as a radically inventive storyteller with his finger on the world’s pulse. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia meets that reputation—and exceeds it. the astonishing and riveting tale of a man’s journey from impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon, it steals its shape from the business self-help books devoured by ambitious youths all over “rising Asia.” It follows its nameless hero to the sprawling metropolis where he begins to amass an empire built on that most fluid, and increasingly scarce, of goods: water. Yet his heart remains set on something else, on the pretty girl whose star rises along with his, their paths crossing and recrossing, a lifelong affair sparked and snuffed and sparked again by the forces that careen their fates along.
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is a striking slice of contemporary life at a time of crushing upheaval. Romantic without being sentimental, political without being didactic, and spiritual without being religious, it brings an unflinching gaze to the violence and hope it depicts. And it creates two unforgettable characters who find moments of transcendent intimacy in the midst of shattering change. Fiction de genre Fiction littéraire Historique Littérature mondiale Inspirant Sincère Fiction
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Inspirational story following a young boy throughout his life building his bottled water company.


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I don't understand the high reviews. Neither a good self help book or a good story. Just a bunch of jumps in a story line. The only endearing aspect is getting a glimpse into that it's like to live in a third world country, but even that is glossed over. Maybe I'm too privileged to get it. Essentially a story about how to be a criminal to get rich, but even that isn't clear.

I don't get the hype

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