{"product_id":"moth-smoke","title":"MOTH SMOKE","description":"\u003cp\u003eFINALIST FOR THE PEN\/HEMINGWAY AWARD A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR  You know you re in trouble when you can t meet a woman s eye, particularly if the woman happens to be your best friend s wife...' In Lahore, Daru Shezad is a junior banker with a hashish habit. When his old friend Ozi moves back to Pakistan, Daru wants to be happy for him. Ozi has everything: a beautiful wife and child, an expensive foreign education ? and a corrupt father who bankrolls his lavish lifestyle. As jealousy sets in, Daru s life slowly unravels. He loses his job. Starts lacing his joints with heroin. Becomes involved with a criminally-minded rickshaw driver. And falls in love with Ozi s lonely wife. But how low can Daru sink? Is he guilty of the crime he finds himself on trial for?  Not often does one find a first novel that has the power of imagination and skill to orchestrate personal and public themes of these consequences and achieve a chord that reverberates in one's mind … One of the two or three best novels I have read this year' ? Nadine Gordimer  An irresistibly engaging adventure and a searching portrait of contemporary young people in Pakistan'? Joyce Carol Oates  A vivid portrait of contemporary young Pakistani life, where frustration and insecurity feed not only the snobbery, decadence and aspirations of the rich, but also the resentment of the poor' ? The Times  Stunning . . .' ? Los Angeles Times  Beautiful prose and uncomfortably acute insights' ? Guardian  Brisk, absorbing, inventive. Hamid steers us from start to finish with assurance and care' ? The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mohsin Hamid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44239208284220,"sku":"9789696402237","price":539.1,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9789696402237.jpg?v=1776792125","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/moth-smoke","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}