Blog posts by Peter

What Books Influenced Exit West Author, Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid, author of several novels including, Moth Smoke,  How to get filthy rich in rising Asia, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Exit West, a 2017 BPL Literary Prize nominee, reflected on books that layed a major role in his own writing.  No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe -- This classic novel is the story of an idealistic young Nigerian man who goes to the West to study and then returns to Nigera to work. I read it in high school in Pakistan, after years of living in California, and it spoke to me powerfully.  Beloved by Toni Morrison -- I had the good…