ReluctantFundamentalist excerpt

From The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid  I too had traveled far that January, but the home of Neruda did not feel as removed from Lahore as it actuallywas; geographically, of course, it was perhaps as remote a place as could be found on the planet, but in spirit it seemed only an imaginary caravan ride away from my city, or a sail by night down the Ravi and Indus. 

© Mohsin Hamid