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How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

By: Mohsin Hamid
Narrated by: Mohsin Hamid
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The unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Mohsin Hamid's How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, read by the author himself.

The astonishing and riveting tale of a man's journey from impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon, How to Get Filthy Rich in Asia steals its shape from the business self-help books devoured by youths all over 'rising Asia'. It follows its nameless hero to the sprawling metropolis where he begins to amass an empire built on the most fluid and increasingly scarce of goods: water. Yet his heart remains set on something else, on the pretty girl whose star rises alongside his, their paths crossing and recrossing in a love affair sparked and snuffed out again by the forces that careen their fates along. The hero of the story could be any one of us, hungry for a different life. And ours too could be the fate that awaits him....

Fast paced, vivid and emotionally absorbing, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia creates two unforgettable characters who find moments of transcendent intimacy in the midst of shattering change.

'This book is a self-help book. Its objective, as it says on the cover, is to show you how to get filthy rich in rising Asia. And to do that it has to find you, huddled, shivering, on the packed earth under your mother's cot one cold dewy morning....'

©2013 Mohsin Hamid (P)2017 Penguin Audio
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if I was going to cry from a book, this would be the one. recommend.

short novel that takes a life time

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Don’t judge just listen. A great recent history lesson on Pakistan and the subcontinent. Why fifteen words.

Different and impressive

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I listen a lot of business related books. I thought this would be another one with practical tips. I rarely give bad reviews but this one is the worst.

Why misleading title?

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