Hamid, Mohsin 1971- creator text Adventure stories. Love stories. nyu New York Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2000 1st ed. monographic eng

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307 p. ; 22 cm. "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. For 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.". "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. Mohsin Hamid. Young men Pakistan Fiction Detective and mystery stories Pakistan Social life and customs Fiction PS3558.A12 M68 2000 813.54 HAM 9780241953938 (alk. paper) 99045753 DLC 990831 20170105101619.0 2452799