{"product_id":"moth-smoke-paperback","title":"Moth Smoke - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMohsin Hamid\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe debut novel from the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eExit West \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Reluctant Fundamentalist\u003c\/i\u003e, both shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoth Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e, Mohsin Hamid's deftly conceived first novel, immediately marked him as an uncommonly gifted and ambitious young literary talent to watch when it was published in 2000. It tells the story of Daru Shezad, who, fired from his banking job in Lahore, begins a decline that plummets the length of Hamid's sharply drawn, subversive tale.\u003cp\u003eFast-paced and unexpected, \u003ci\u003eMoth Smoke \u003c\/i\u003ewas ahead of its time in portraying a contemporary Pakistan far more vivid and complex than the exoticized images of South Asia then familiar to the West. It established Mohsin Hamid as an internationally important writer of substance and imagination and the premier Pakistani author of our time, a promise he has amply fulfilled with each successive book. This debut novel, meanwhile, remains as compelling and deeply relevant to the moment as when it appeared more than a decade ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMohsin Hamid \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the international bestsellers \u003ci\u003eExit West\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Reluctant Fundamentalist\u003c\/i\u003e, both finalists for the Man Booker Prize. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eMoth Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Betty Trask Award and was a finalist for the PEN\/Hemingway Foundation Award. His essays, a number of them collected as \u003ci\u003eDiscontent and Its Civilizations\u003c\/i\u003e, have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He lives in Lahore, Pakistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 04, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701142949951,"sku":"9781594486609","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8c113515ef082018f5da2c71e5eba907.webp?v=1765019487","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/moth-smoke-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}