Author Mohsin Hamid's Globalist Perspective

Mohsin Hamid has lived in Pakistan, the U.S. and Britain. His fiction and nonfiction explores the contradictions and complexities of globalization.

His works include the essay collection "Discontent and its Civilizations" and the novels "How to Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia" and "The Reluctant Fundamentalist."

We spoke to Hamid live at Literary Arts in downtown Portland.