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How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
February 2024: Authors of Color
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[BWF] How to Get Filty Rich in Rising Asia - Mohsin Hamid - 3 stars
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Slumdog Millionaire (other topics)The White Tiger (other topics)
The author is Pakistani, but the book reminded me of similar stories from India, like Slumdog Millionaire and The White Tiger. It presents itself as a how-to book, but delivers a cynical tale of the rise of an unnamed man from village boy to big-city tycoon. Much of the trajectory has to to do with bribery, nepotism, and other shady dealings. But riches do not buy happiness.