01896mam a2200313 a 45000010008000000030005000080050017000130080041000300100017000710200031000880350023001190350017001420400032001590500025001910820016002161000026002322450032002582500012002902600051003023000021003535200382003745200208007565200446009646500034014106500035014446510048014796550030015276550025015572452799Nust20170105101619.0990831s2000    nyu           000 1 eng    a   99045753   a9780241953938 (alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)ocm42397410  a(NNC)2452799  aDLCcDLCdC#PdCLEdOrLoB-B00aPS3558.A12bM68 200000a813.54bHAM1 aHamid, Mohsin,d1971-10aMoth smoke /cMohsin Hamid.  a1st ed.  aNew York :bFarrar, Straus, and Giroux,c2000.  a307 p. ;c22 cm.1 a"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 be 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.8 aFor 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.".8 a"Desperate to reverse his fortunes, Daru embarks on a career in crime, taking as his partner Murad Badehah, 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."--BOOK JACKET. 0aYoung menzPakistanvFiction. 0aDetective and mystery stories. 0aPakistanxSocial life and customsvFiction. 7aAdventure stories.2gsafd 7aLove stories.2gsafd