Moth Smoke
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  • Published: 1 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9780141969145
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

Moth Smoke

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25 Apr 2019
EBook
1 Aug 2011
Audiobook
3 Mar 2022
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'A steamy and darkly amusing book about sex, drugs, and class warfare in postcolonial Asia' Village Voice

In Lahore, Daru Shezad is a junior banker with a hashish habit. When his old friend Ozi moves back to Pakistan, Daru wants to be happy for him. Ozi has everything: a beautiful wife and child, an expensive foreign education - and a corrupt father who bankrolls his lavish lifestyle.

As jealousy sets in, Daru's life slowly unravels. He loses his job. Starts lacing his joints with heroin. Becomes involved with a criminally-minded rickshaw driver. And falls in love with Ozi's lonely wife.

But how low can Daru sink? Is he guilty of the crime he finds himself on trial for?
  • Published: 1 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9780141969145
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256
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About the author

Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid grew up in Lahore, attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School and worked for several years as a management consultant in New York. His first novel, Moth Smoke, was published in ten languages, won a Betty Trask Award, and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. His essays and journalism have appeared in Time, the New York Times and the Guardian, among others. His latest novel is The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) published by Penguin. Mohsin Hamid currently lives, works and writes in London.

http://www.mohsinhamid.com

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