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I came into this book with high hopes based on a few recommendations. I ended up being somewhat disappointed. The book is full of metaphors starting with the Pakistani narrator's name Changez and the girl that he falls in love with (Am)Erica. If you look for them, there are many clever metaphors like this throughout the book. I really liked the way the book was told by Changez sitting in a restaurant speaking with a burly American (possibly U.S. CIA?). There was some build-up of tension because
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This was very, very good. Well-written and absorbing. The author packs a lot into a very short book. The narrator is a young Pakastani man who goes to the US, gets a Princeton degree and then a job in a prestigious financial firm. Then the bombings of 9/11 happen and the course of his life is changed in many ways. This is a book all American should read to see how the actions of our country are viewed by different nations.
Jul 17, 2008
Marcia
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