The Wish Maker

"The Wish Maker, in Ali Sethi's mature and sure-handed prose, is an engaging family saga, an absorbing coming-of-age story, and an illuminating look at one of the world's most turbulent regions. Ali Sethi steadfastly resists the usual clichés about both Islam and his native country. Instead, he offers a nuanced, often humorous, and always novel look at life in modern day Pakistan." - Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns"The Wish Maker is a confident and personal debut. Ali Sethi's is a fresh voice from a new generation of Pakistani novelists." -Mohsin Hamid, author of Moth Smoke and The Reluctant Fundamentalist "Reaching from a Massachusetts college to a restless Pakistan, The Wish Maker is a brilliant example of the new global novel and a sad but sometimes funny song about the way we live now." -Gary Shteyngart, author of The Russian Debutante's Handbook and Absurdistan"Ali Sethi's prose dances. At once rollicking and controlled, virtuosic and unforced, it would be reason enough to admire this book. What's more impressive is that this skill pales beside the breadth of his perception and empathy. How he sees what he sees, how he understands what he understands, at so young an age, is astonishing." -Leah Hager Cohen, author of House Lights and Heart, You Bully, You Punk--This text refers to the Hardcoveredition.