Novels are uniquely suited to depict the complexities of mind and motivation behind events such as 9/11: John Updike, Jonathan Safran Foer, Ian McEwan and a few others have set their sights on the personal perspective in a post-9/11 world. We should now add to this growing list of ambitious writers the lesser-known, but very talented Mohsin Hamid. Read my review of his novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist here.