Getting Filthy Rich Can’t Guarantee Love in Wry Novel

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Dance with debt. Befriend a bureaucrat. Be prepared to use violence.

These are some of the tips Mohsin Hamid offers in “How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia,” a novel that starts out parodying business self-help books and evolves into a powerful reverie on life in a time of soul-shaking change.