The Reluctant Fundamentalist «2024»

The entire story takes place during a single evening at an outdoor café in Lahore, Pakistan.

Readers never hear the American's voice, only Changez's polite yet subtly mocking responses to him. The Reluctant Fundamentalist

It is delivered entirely as a dramatic monologue by a bearded Pakistani man named Changez to an unnamed, anxious American stranger. The entire story takes place during a single