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003			Nust
005			20170105101619.0
008			990831s2000 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 99045753
020			_a9780241953938 (alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm42397410
035			_a(NNC)2452799
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dC#P _dCLE _dOrLoB-B
050	0	0	_aPS3558.A12 _bM68 2000
082	0	0	_a813.54 _bHAM
100	1		_aHamid, Mohsin, _d1971-
245	1	0	_aMoth smoke / _cMohsin Hamid.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bFarrar, Straus, and Giroux, _c2000.
300			_a307 p. ; _c22 cm.
520	1		_a"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.
520	8		_aFor 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.".
520	8		_a"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.
650		0	_aYoung men _zPakistan _vFiction.
650		0	_aDetective and mystery stories.
651		0	_aPakistan _xSocial life and customs _vFiction.
655		7	_aAdventure stories. _2gsafd
655		7	_aLove stories. _2gsafd
900			_bTOC
942			_2ddc _cBK