(L-R) - Mohsin Hamid and Viet Thanh Nguyen on the set of "Aloud." Among Critic at large Viet Thanh Nguyen's many accomplishments is his acclaimed short story collection "The Refugees." In April he spoke to Mohsin Hamid, whose novel "Exit West" was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and winner of the LA Times book prize for fiction, at the L.A. Public Library's ALOUD series in April. This is an edited excerpt of that conversation. Credit: Gary Leonard