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Obama names Mohsin Hamid's Exit West as one of his favourite books of 2017

Obama names Mohsin Hamid's Exit West as one of his favourite books of 2017

Obama listed the books and songs he enjoyed the most in 2017 in a Facebook post yesterday
01 Jan, 2018

Everyone rounds off the year with a little retrospection and former POTUS Barack Obama is no different.

In a Facebook post yesterday, Obama listed the books and songs he enjoyed the most in 2017... and guess what? Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid's latest work Exit West was also on that list!

Exit West, a story about a refugee couple's attempted journey to safety, is Hamid's fourth novel and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

Other favourite titles of Obama's include "The Power" by Naomi Alderman; "Grant" by Ron Chernow; "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City" by Matthew Desmond; "Five-Carat Soul" by James McBride; "Anything Is Possible" by Elizabeth Strout; "Dying: A Memoir" by Cory Taylor; "A Gentleman in Moscow" by Amor Towles; "Sing, Unburied, Sing" by Jesmyn Ward; and two basketball-centered volumes, "Coach Wooden and Me" by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and "Basketball (and Other Things)" by Shea Serrano.

Obama is soon to join the ranks of writers, as CNN reports that he and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, have both been writing. Penguin Random House has acquired rights to the books, which are expected to be released in 2018.

Comments

Khan Jan 01, 2018 04:27pm
Obama is looking ever more saner day by day
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Gp65 Jan 01, 2018 07:18pm
“Obama is soon to join the ranks of writers” Ummm... he has already written two books.
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Minhas Jan 01, 2018 10:59pm
Obama already has two books on his credit which include "Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" (1995) and "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" (2006) .
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Zak Jan 02, 2018 03:46am
Obama wS intelligent and shows the world who are the best writers according to him. And Pakistan among the top.
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Avtar Jan 02, 2018 06:29am
Moshin is one fine writer. I will order his new novel.
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Imran khan Jan 02, 2018 03:24pm
I would like to know more about the events and have more information of the on going world's system and changings happening in our sorroundings and also to participate and share my views and opinion.
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N abidi Jan 04, 2018 12:31am
Obama , now even those who were attacking ,can see who is the most intelligent president !
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