'How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia' is Mohsin Hamid's incisive exploration of a man's extraordinary journey from a life of poverty in a rural village to the pinnacles of wealth in a bustling metropolis. This inventive narrative, borrowing its framework from business self-help books, showcases an unnamed protagonist's relentless pursuit of success in an economy fixated on one of the most vital and vanishing commodities: water. Alongside his ascent, a romance weaves in and out of his life, with a woman whose fortune and misfortune intertwine with his own in a dance of simultaneous success and heartbreak. The novel casts a sharp, unyielding gaze at contemporary societal upheaval, capturing the personal against the backdrop of the political, and illuminating intimate acts of love amidst the relentless churn of progress.