{"product_id":"moth-smoke","title":"Moth Smoke","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMoth Smoke\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMohsin Hamid\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780312273231\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePicador\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2001\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eWhen Daru Shezad is 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 he loses his toehold among Pakistan's cell-phone-toting elite. Daru descends into drugs and dissolution, and, for good measure, he falls in love with the wife of his childhood friend and rival, Ozi--the beautiful, restless Mumtaz. \u003cbr\u003eDesperate 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 Pakistan itself, hyped on the prospect of becoming a nuclear player even as corruption drains its political will. \u003cbr\u003eFast-paced and unexpected, \"Moth Smoke\" portrays a contemporary Pakistan as far more vivid and disturbing than the exoticized images of South Asia familiar to most of the West. This debut novel establishes Mohsin Hamid as a writer of substance and imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Moth Smoke | Mohsin Hamid | Paperback | 9780312273231 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1598947","offer_id":48313132679320,"sku":"1598947","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61qNj9SsAGL.jpg?v=1773162372","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/moth-smoke","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}