Hamid's Booker-shortlisted dramatic monologue has Changez narrate his disillusionment with the American Dream after 9/11 to a silent American listener.
The unsettling second-person address forces readers to confront their own suspicion: the book shows how Islamophobia is produced in the reader, not just the character.
Content note: implied violence, ambiguous ending.
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