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Moth Smoke

By: Mohsin Hamid
Narrated by: Mohsin Hamid
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Discover this surprising gem - the sharp, funny and irresistible debut novel from the best-selling author of Exit West and The Reluctant Fundamentalist

You know you're in trouble when you can't meet a woman's eye, particularly if the woman happens to be your best friend's wife....

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?

©2011 Mohsin Hamid (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Critic Reviews

"Subtly audacious.... A steamy and often darkly amusing book about sex, drugs and class warfare in postcolonial Asia." (Village Voice)

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