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Moth Smoke: A Novel
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Through a brilliant array of voices and perspectives, author Mohsin Hamid tells the story of one love-struck Daru Shezad who, when fired from his banking job, instantly removes himself from the ranks of Pakistan's cell-phone-toting elite and plunges into a life of drugs and crime. But when a heist goes awry, Daru finds himself on trial for a murder he may or may not have committed. His uncertain fate mirrors that of Pakistan itself, animated by nuclear weapons and sapped by corruption.

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07/01/2007
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Mohsin Hamid. (2007). Moth Smoke: A Novel. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing.

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Mohsin Hamid. 2007. Moth Smoke: A Novel. Blackstone Publishing.

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Mohsin Hamid, Moth Smoke: A Novel. Blackstone Publishing, 2007.

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Mohsin Hamid. Moth Smoke: A Novel. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing, 2007.

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