Exit West (Paperback)

'Writing in spare, crystalline prose, Hamid conveys the experience of living in a city under siege with sharp, stabbing immediacy. - Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times 

'Immediately canonical' - New Yorker 

'As with the very best literature, its crystalline readability fast eclipses its topicality.' - Mail on Sunday 

'Impressive... Exit West confirms Hamid's reputation as a brilliant ventriloquist who is deeply engaged with the most pressing issues of our time.' - Andrew Motion, Guardian 

'Powerful... Hamid unfolds the disintegration of civic life and the couple's poignant intimacy with vivid, economical strokes. Hamid is the master of the illuminating metaphor.' - Sunday Times

'Wry [and] intelligent... Part pared-down romance, part 21st-century fable for a world of porous borders, Exit West is a thought experiment that pivots on the crucial figure of this century: the migrant.' - Financial Times

'A subtle and moving examination of how human relationships endure and falter under unimaginable pressures. Exit West is an instant classic.' - GQ

'Breathlessly relevant... Hamid's book could hardly be more timely; it's addictively readable and brilliantly written to boot.' - Mail on Sunday

'Astonishing.' - Zadie Smith 

'A love story as spare, haunting and spiritually powerful as a haiku. All my life I will remember Nadia and Saeed, their humanity against a surreal, broken landscape. Exit West is Hamid's finest book.' - Kiran Desai

'Exit West is a masterpiece. It stretches the boundaries of the real just enough to make a point about the state of immigrants and refugees in the contemporary world. But it's very much grounded in reality. It's a beautiful book.' - Michael Chabon

'Mohsin Hamid is one of the most talented and formally audacious writers of his generation.' - Daily Telegraph 

'A man born to write.' - Dave Eggers

'The voice of a changing continent. A writer at the top of his game.' - Metro