Summary
The acclaimed debut novel from the author of Exit West and The Reluctant Fundamentalist - now reissued in a fresh new paperback look across the Hamid backlist.
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, Dar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241953938 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241953936 |
| Author: | Mohsin Hamid |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 25 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 22mm |
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Sharply observed, powerful, evocative
Sharply observed, powerful, evocative * Financial Times *A first novel of remarkable wit, poise and profundity. A treat * Esquire *A vivid portrait of contemporary young Pakistani life, where frustration and insecurity feed not only the snobbery, decadence and aspirations of the rich, but also the resentment of the poor * The Times *A rare glimpse into modern-day Pakistan … The voices that emerge are sarcastic and sad, a lively lament … reminiscent of V. S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie * Chicago Tribune *Not often does one find a first novel that has the power of imagination and skill to orchestrate personal and public themes of these consequences and achieve a chord that reverberates in one’s mind. Moth Smoke is one of the best novels I have read this year – Nadine Gordimer * - *Stunning … [Hamid] has created a hip page-turner – Jonathan Levi * Los Angeles Times *
About The Author
Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamid writes regularly for The New York Times, the Guardian and the New York Review of Books, and is the author of Exit West, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Moth Smoke, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia and Discontent and its Civilizations. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he has since lived between Lahore, London and New York.
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