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This book is being released via BookCrossing on 5 March 2011 as part of the inaugural World Book Night. With the full support of the Publishers Association, the Booksellers Association, the Independent Publishers Guild, the Reading Agency with libraries, World Book Day and the BBC, one million books will be given away by an army of passionate readers to members of the public across the UK and Ireland.

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On the Starbucks bookshelf

Found on the Starbucks bookshelf

This is a short easy to read book that is a monologue by the main protagonist relating his experiences in New York and Pakistan prior to and after the events of September 11th 2001. The central character is a young Princeton graduate who gains a place in a New York finance firm as an analyst who assesses the fundamental value of a company on behalf of clients interested in some sort of commercial transaction. He becomes disillusioned after September 11th as he views the response of the US, the suspicions of its people towards him and its values against a backdrop of his upbringing in Pakistan. He also becomes disillsioned by his girlfriend's inability to overcome the loss of a former lover. The book is short, but never really develops any depth of analysis of his inner struggle and therefore treats difficult issues rather simplistically. On the positive side the writing is succinct but effective. The subplot concerning his girlfriend obviously affects his mind set, but seems rather irrelevant to the political themes. This seems rather contrived to add weight to his disillusion. The ending is rather a let down. The narration seems to be building up to an explosive finale, which turns out unfortunately to be a very damp squib.

To Luxembourg

Thank you flambard for this surprise book! I have to say I have read this already :(, but I'm sure I will find someone who will be happy to read it; I probably will pass it on to my sister who is on bookcrossing too. I find your World book night such a fabolous idea and I'm quite jalous about it, it would be lovely to have an equivalent of it around here. And even better with the books registered on bookcrossing! Anyway it is great to have an actual world book night book in my hands and I will ensure that it will travel further. :)

touching book! I liked the monologue style throughout the book and the "inside" point of view . I can warmly recommend it!

book released back to Frutz

Back from my sister

Glückwunsch zum Sweepstakegewinn!
Ich war grade in Wien in Ferien, also gleich von Wien an abgeschickt :)

Thank you!
I have already read this book, but I´m sure to find an interested reader for that one...

I had another book waiting to be sent out and discovered that this book is on the same wishlist, so I´m including it in the parcel - it´s the same postage rate anyway! Hope you like it...

sent on

Thank you, schwester, for sending this wishlist book to me!
What a surprise to find it when I came home!

I really look forward to read it, thanks.

Thanks so much for your donation Boekentrol!

This book is now part of the 1001-library. If you want to take this book from the library but don't know how to proceed, please refer to the library bookshelf.