by Mohsin Hamid · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781862074057
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«Moth Smoke» is the fiction novel by Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid, published by Granta in paperback (244 pages, in English).
Set in Lahore (Pakistan) in the summer of 1998, the novel follows Daru, a young man who loses his job and ends up entangled with heroin, hashish, and his best friend's wife. Through his downfall, Hamid portrays the corruption, politics, and social tensions of contemporary Pakistan, in a story about friendship and betrayal.
Originally published in 2000, it was Mohsin Hamid's first novel and won the Betty Trask Award; it was also nominated for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel.
For readers of literary fiction seeking an urban story set in 1990s Pakistan, with social tensions, drugs, and corruption.
Mohsin Hamid is a British Pakistani novelist, writer and brand consultant. His novels are Moth Smoke (2000), The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007), How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (2013), Exit West (2017), and The Last White Man (2022).
