Tom's guest today is the acclaimed Pakistani novelist and essayist Mohsin Hamid. He’s the author of insightful and quirky novels like Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia.
In his latest work, Exit West, he explores the complexities and punishing challenges of being a refugee. With hints of fantasy and a trenchant analysis of the human condition, Hamid writes fiction that forces us to listen and essays that compel us to question the common wisdom.
Mohsin Hamid joins Tom to talk about his work, and the uncertain fate of refugees in a world that is becoming increasingly hostile to those displaced by war, famine and political upheavals.
You can meet Mohsin Hamid on Saturday, March 11, at the Church of the Redeemer in North Baltimore. The event will support the work of the Baltimore office of the International Rescue Committee. It’s sponsored by the Ivy Bookshop, and it begins at 7:00pm. For more information, click here.
