This one is the Post-9/11 South Asian Allegorical One. The protaganist is Changez; his girlfriend is Erica. When, after September 11, America changes (ummm... Erica... Changez... get it?) our anti-hero becomes the reluctant fundamentalist of the title. The novel is a single evening's monologue, as Changez recounts his tale to a traveler visiting Pakistan.
Good review: The Village Voice: "brief, charming, and quietly furious"
Not so good review: The Guardian: "slightly abstracted, thin-blooded"
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