Contrived novel endings expose strain in defending liberal humanist values

Evidence

The fact that, as critics have frequently remarked, both novels have to resort to quite contrived and implausible denouements is indicative of a certain strain in the task of standing up for liberal humanist values. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 84

Categorization

• XREF: A diagnostic cue for close-reading Hamid and Naqvi’s endings — do their resolutions strain for plausibility in ways that betray the contest/reinforce project?