How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia
by Mohsin Hamid · first published 2013
83% recommend17% critical
Why HN recommends it
Second-person novel following a young man from village boyhood through the rise of an unnamed Asian city; readers praise its engaging, fast read and its perspective on lives unlike their own.
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Dans un pays imaginaire du continent indien, un jeune homme, issu d'un milieu modeste d'agriculteurs, se rend à la ville. Il poursuit des études, trouve l'amour, s'intéresse à la politique, fait fortune dans le conditionnement de bouteilles d'eau avant que la chance ne tourne pour lui.
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