Moth Smoke

mohsin hamid

Pakistan, summer 1998. In Lahore, Daru Shezab loses his job. Soon he has fallen for his best friend's wife and started mixing heroin and hash. Moth Smoke tells the story of Daru's spectacular downfall: a bittersweet tale of politics and corruption, of friendship and betrayal.

Genres fictionpakistancontemporarynovelsliterary fictionliteraturecrimemysterybook clubaudiobook

247 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,2000

Literary awards

betty trask award, pen/hemingway award for debut novel,

Places

lahore punjab,

This edition

Format: 247 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 2001 by Granta Books, London
ISBN: 9781862074057
ASIN: 1862074054
Language: English

About the author

mohsin hamid

Mohsin Hamid is the author of four novels, Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, and Exit West, and a book of essays, Discontent and Its Civilizations.

His writing has been featured on bestseller lists, adapted for the cinema, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, selected as winner or finalist of twenty awards, and translated into thirty-five languages.

Born in Lahore, he has spent about half his life there and much of the rest in London, New York, and California.