Mohsin Hamid writes regularly for The New York Times, the Guardian and the New York Review of Books, and is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Moth Smoke, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia and Discontent and its...

"Mr. Hamid reaffirms his place as one of his generation's most inventive and gifted writers." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "A globalized version of The Great Gatsby . . . [Hamid's] book is nearly that good." -Alan Cheuse, NPR...

In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, Nadia and Saeed meet and embark on a furtive love affair. But, when the unrest roiling their city explodes, they begin to hear whispers about doors that can, for a price, whisk people far...