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Moth smoke by Mohsin Hamid is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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When Darashikoh Shezad gets himself fired from his banking job in Lahore, he begins a decline that plummets the length of this sharply drawn, subversive tale. Before long, he can't pay his bills, and along with his electricity he loses his toehold among Pakistan's cell-phone-toting elite. As the jet set parties on behind high walls, Daru descends into drugs and dissolution. For good measure, he falls in love with the wife of his childhood friend and rival, Ozi--beautiful, restless Mumtaz, to whom he is drawn with the obsessive intensity of a moth circling a candle flame. <p>Desperate to reverse his fortunes, Daru embarks on a career in crime, taking as his partner Murad Badshah, the notorious rickshaw driver, populist, and pirate. When a long-planned heist goes awry, Daru finds himself on trial for a murder he may or may not have committed. The uncertainty of his fate mirrors that of his country, hyped on the prospect of becoming a nuclear player even as corruption drains its political will.</p> <p> Fast-paced, unexpected, and unfailingly entertaining, Moth Smoke portrays a contemporary Pakistan far more vivid and disturbing than the exoticized images of South Asia familiar to the

Who reads Moth smoke?

Author

Mohsin Hamid

Publisher

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374213541

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery

Rating

3.81 / 5 (44 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14