Mohsin Hamid

Published: Aug. 14, 2022, 8 p.m.

Mohsin Hamid\xa0is the author of five novels, including\xa0The Reluctant Fundamentalist,\xa0How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, and\xa0Exit West.\xa0All display Hamid\u2019s lyrical prose, his acute understanding of some of the most dire conflicts faced by our modern world, and his belief in the immense and near-magical power of fiction. In his newest novel\xa0The Last White Man, Hamid writes about racial metamorphosis.

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On August 2, 2022, Mohsin Hamid came to the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco for an on-stage conversation with Alexis Madrigal, co-host of KQED\u2019s Forum and a contributing writer at\xa0The Atlantic.\xa0