Karen's Reviews > Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London

A collection of essays bundled together after publication in various other places, focusing on a few central themes such as art and politics. Some of these felt fresh and insightful, while others felt more like book reviews that didn't need to be reproduced (except maybe for the Hamid completist.) I finished knowing more about Pakistan as a country and culture, and the fine distinctions between tribal, political, and cultural groups in South Asia, than I did when I started. I'm thinking Hamid's novels might appeal to me a bit more.