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How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
- Narrated by: Mohsin Hamid
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
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Summary
The unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Mohsin Hamid's How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, read by the author himself.
The astonishing and riveting tale of a man's journey from impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon, How to Get Filthy Rich in Asia steals its shape from the business self-help books devoured by youths all over 'rising Asia'. It follows its nameless hero to the sprawling metropolis where he begins to amass an empire built on the most fluid and increasingly scarce of goods: water. Yet his heart remains set on something else, on the pretty girl whose star rises alongside his, their paths crossing and recrossing in a love affair sparked and snuffed out again by the forces that careen their fates along. The hero of the story could be any one of us, hungry for a different life. And ours too could be the fate that awaits him....
Fast paced, vivid and emotionally absorbing, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia creates two unforgettable characters who find moments of transcendent intimacy in the midst of shattering change.
'This book is a self-help book. Its objective, as it says on the cover, is to show you how to get filthy rich in rising Asia. And to do that it has to find you, huddled, shivering, on the packed earth under your mother's cot one cold dewy morning....'
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- FullMoon
- 14-03-17
Surprisingly tender
This is an unusual novel, written in the second person in the guise of a self help book. Though the structure is initially alienating, the story breaks through its constraints to become something heartfelt, tender and true.
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- Naz
- 29-01-23
another stellar from Mohsin Hamid!
loved it. I liked how issues/life are accurately and bluntly presented together with lessons for society. things have changed a lot in Pakistan but a lot also remains the same. a must read for South Asian literature! great narrator :)
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- Anonymous User
- 31-12-22
fascinating and something different
narrator was perfect of course he also is the author and the story itself is fascinating and something different
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- Anonymous User
- 02-04-20
I don’t get moved by much...
...but this book and Mohsin’s performance stirred me to a well of emotion today. I never expected to be enraptured by a read (listen) in the way that this book captivated me.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-08-20
Deep.
Captures a lifetime in a few, short hours. recommended to anyone who likes to think meaningfully about life.
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- hnp1988
- 15-07-19
Story of a lifetime.
I liked the story. The word where well writen and a simple compelling storyline. ;)
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- Tam
- 28-02-20
Brilliant 👍🏽
I really enjoyed this book it wasn’t what I thought it would be but I’m glad it wasn’t. A story hidden in a self help book that shares a message that is more felt than understood. Short not that sweet but brilliantly written and read. 😉
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