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Book at Bedtime: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

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Book at Bedtime: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia: Episode 10

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

Episode 10

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After the rise and fall from filthy richness - love, and an exit strategy.

Paul Bhattacharjee reads Mohsin Hamid's keenly awaited follow-up to his bestselling The Reluctant Fundamentalist, a groundbreaking novel on modern Asia, which follows one boy's rise from impoverished villager to corporate tycoon.
In today's episode: after the rise and fall from filthy richness - love, and an exit strategy.
Mohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between Lahore, London and New York.
Producer: Justine Willett
Reader: Paul Bhattacharjee
Abridger: Sally Marmion.

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By Mohsin Hamid. The tale of one boy's rise from impoverished villager to corporate tycoon

Mohsin Hamid's groundbreaking novel on modern Asia, which follows one boy's rise from impoverished villager to corporate tycoon

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