Moth Smoke : A Novel

by Hamid, Mohsin

• ISBN13: 9780374213541
• ISBN10: 0374213542
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T)

Summary

When Daru Shezad gets himself fired from his banking job, he instantly removes himself from the ranks of Pakistan's cellphone-toting elite and sets in motion the tragicomedy that will drag him into a life of drugs and crime. Nor can he help falling in love with his oldest friend's wife, to whom he is drawn like moth to flame. But when a heist goes awry, Daru finds himself on trial for a murder he may not have committed. His uncertain fate mirrors that of Pakistan itself, animated by nuclear weapons and sapped by corruption.

Author Biography

Mohsin Hamid grew up in Lahore, Pakistan. He currently lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Prologue	3	(2)
One	5	(2)
judgment (before intermission)	7	(3)
two	10	(25)
opening the purple box: an interview with professor julius superb	35	(4)
three	39	(20)
the big man	59	(13)
four	72	(29)
what lovely weather we're having (or the importance of air-conditioning)	101	(10)
five	111	(36)
the wife and mother (part one)	147	(12)
six	159	(25)
the best friend	184	(11)
seven	195	(39)
judgment (after intermission)	234	(3)
eight	237	(4)
the wife and mother (part two)	241	(4)
nine	245	(2)
epilogue	247