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Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid

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Mohsin Hamid is a leading journalist and the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2007

His other novels include Moth Smoke, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Discontent and its Civilisations and Exit West. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he has since lived between Lahore, London and New York. He writes regularly for the New York Times, the Guardian and the New York Review of Books.

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Doorway

The making of Exit West

How did Mohsin Hamid’s 2017 Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Exit West come about? In an exclusive conversation for the Booker Prize, Hamid and his editor Simon Prosser discuss the novel’s beginning, how and why its title changed, and the invaluable feedback Hamid’s wife gives on his work. 

All nominated books

The Reluctant Fundamentalist
A Pakistani immigrant who since 9/11 has become alienated with the USA tells his story to an American stranger in Mohsin Hamid's mesmerising novel
Exit West
Mohsin Hamid’s moving story of a refugee couple emerging into an alien and uncertain future, struggling to hold to their past, and to each other