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Mohsin Hamid is just awesome... it took me just a day to read each novel.. in Pakistan i just could not find the newer novel, "Reluctant fundamentalist" so i had to get it from here (for $20 as opposed to 500 Rs =//)..but it was totally worth it.
Another book I got from Pakistan is called "The Colour of Mehndi" by Nausheen-Pasha-Zaidi.. it's about a Pakistani-American woman, on the outside has it all, a beautiful house, husband and two sons.....i don't think any western-raised desi women would be unable to identify wiht this novel.. extremely heartbreaking..