http://www.therepublic.com/feed/person/5f07da823b7f43af92b9b75f181e5b37 Faisal Shahzad News and Photos en-ca webstaff@therepublic.com Copyright 2013 http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/basu23-radical/basu23-radicalhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/basu23-radical/basu23-radicalIn the gripping 2007 novel, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist," a Pakistani-born, Princeton-educated protagonist chronicles his growing disaffection with the fast-track financial-sector life he worked so hard to achieve in America. - Uncannily, in light of last week's Boston Marathon bombings, the movie of Mohsin Hamid's book is slated to open Friday in New York and Los Angeles. The story about a gifted young Muslim immigrant with a promising future getting radicalized in post-Sept. 11 America may not explain why two Chechen brothers living here, one American, might resort to such violence. But it offers clues on how the overlay of personal alienation, political events and false notions about defending religion could cause the carefully constructed foundations of a life to dangerously break down.]]>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 06:56:14 -0400