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A review by jess_mango
Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid
4.0
My husband is from Pakistan, so when I first heard about this novel, I had to read it as I had never read any Pakistani literature.
The story takes place in Lahore and is about a young Pakistani man, Daru. He is on the bottom-most tier of the young elite in Lahore... he doesn't have as much money or power as his friends. In fact most of what he has, he owes to his childhood friend Ozi's family. After Daru gets fired from his job he begins a downward spiral of drugs, crime and betrayal.
The story takes place in Lahore and is about a young Pakistani man, Daru. He is on the bottom-most tier of the young elite in Lahore... he doesn't have as much money or power as his friends. In fact most of what he has, he owes to his childhood friend Ozi's family. After Daru gets fired from his job he begins a downward spiral of drugs, crime and betrayal.