The Reluctant Fundamentalist Hamid Mohsin Penguin Group

'Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard. I am a lover of America . . . ' • So speaks the mysterious stranger at a Lahore cafe as dusk settles. Invited to join him for tea, you learn his name and what led this speaker of immaculate English to seek you out. For he is more worldy than you might expect; better travelled and better educated. He knows the West better than you do. And as he tells you his story, of how he embraced the Western dream -- and a Western woman -- and how both betrayed him, so the night darkens. Then the true reason for your meeting becomes abundantly clear • Challenging, mysterious and thrillingly tense, Mohsin Hamid's masterly The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a vital read teeming with questions and ideas about some of the most pressing issues of today's globalised, fractured world

From the internationally bestselling author of Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change • One morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him. At first he tells only Oona, an old friend, newly a lover. Soon, reports of similar occurrences surface across the land • Some see in the transformations the long-dreaded overturning of an established order, to be resisted to a bitter end. In many, like Anders's father and Oona's mother, a sense of profound loss wars with profound love • As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different shading: a chance to see one another, face to face, anew

One morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him. At first he tells only Oona, an old friend, newly a lover • Soon, reports of similar occurrences surface across the land. Some see in the transformations the long-dreaded overturning of an established order, to be resisted to a bitter end. In many, like Anders's father and Oona's mother, a sense of profound loss wars with profound love • As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different shading: a chance to see one another, face to face, anew

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. Your anguish is the anguish of a boy whose chocolate has been thrown away, whose remote controls are out of batteries, whose scooter is busted, whose new sneakers have been stolen. This is all the more remarkable since you've never in your life seen any of these things

'You know you're in trouble when you can't meet a woman's eye, particularly if the woman happens to be your best friend's wife...' • In Lahore, Daru Shezad is a junior banker with a hashish habit. When his old friend Ozi moves back to Pakistan, Daru wants to be happy for him. Ozi has everything: a beautiful wife and child, an expensive foreign education - and a corrupt father who bankrolls his lavish lifestyle • As jealousy sets in, Daru's life slowly unravels. He loses his job. Starts lacing his joints with heroin. Becomes involved with a criminally-minded rickshaw driver. And falls in love with Ozi's lonely wife • But how low can Daru sink? Is he guilty of the crime he finds himself on trial for?

It was as if suddenly, long ago, life had stopped here, not the life of the man lying on the bed but the life of the house, the life of its world, and even the factory chimney that could be seen through the curtains looked obsolete and absurd • A once-wealthy family closes ranks when one of their own is shot, leaving Maigret - along with a troublesome new magistrate - to pick his way through their secrets

The brand-new unforgettable romance saga from the No.1 bestselling author! • London was her home. It seemed impossible that she had grown up in the city without ever noticing the huge differences between those who had money and those who had next to nothing • East-End London, 1858 • In London's twisting streets, it's hard to tell friend from foe. And for Katherine Martin, arriving back in London after years away, the city is far crueller than she remembers • Her eyes opened to the plight of London's poor, Kate is determined to do what she can to help – even if it means defying her parents • In secret, she opens a soup kitchen. But there is a world of criminals within London's poorest alleys. Catching the notice of Harry Trader and his gang, Kate is out of her depth

Set mainly in Uzbekistan between 1900 and 1980, The Railway introduces to us the inhabitants of the small town of Gilas on the ancient Silk Route. Among those whose stories we hear are Mefody-Jurisprudence, the town's alcoholic intellectual; Father Ioann, a Russian priest; Kara-Musayev the Younger, the chief of police; and Umarali-Moneybags, the old moneylender. Their colourful lives offer a unique and comic picture of a little-known land populated by outgoing Mullahs, incoming Bolsheviks, and a plethora of Uzbeks, Russians, Persians, Jews, Koreans, Tatars and Gypsies • At the heart of both the town and the novel stands the railway station - a source of income and influence, and a connection to the greater world beyond the town. Rich and picaresque, The Railway chronicles the dramatic changes felt throughout Central Asia in the early twentieth century

Классический и волшебный пересказ истории о Святом Георгии и драконе от автора "Ветра в ивах" Кеннета Грэхема с оригинальным и официальным оформлением Э.Х. Шепарда, иллюстратора "Винни-Пуха". Идеальный подарок для маленьких детей • Все знают, что Святому Георгию приходится сражаться с драконом, но что происходит, когда дракон просто не хочет сражаться со Святым Георгием? • "Дракон поневоле" - это забавная история о храбрости, дружбе и безрассудстве. Эта детская классика стала еще более коллекционной благодаря прекрасным иллюстрациям Э.Х. Шепарда, художника, создавшего оригинальные иллюстрации к "Ветру в ивах" и "Человеку, который нарисовал Винни-Пуха" • Идеальный подарок для юных читателей в возрасте от 7 лет • Книга на английском языке • A classic and magical retelling of St George and the Dragon from the author of The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame with the original and official artwork by E

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! • When she steps inside the wrong carriage in a Sussex village, Elinor Rochdale little knows that she is about to embark on a thrilling and dangerous adventure • Overnight the would-be governess becomes the mistress of a ruined estate and partner in a secret conspiracy to save a family's name • By midnight she is a bride; by dawn a widow