| Moth Smoke | 
 enlarge | Author: Mohsin Hamid
Publisher: Granta Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 37438
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1862074054
EAN: 9781862074057
ASIN: 1862074054
Publication Date: March 15, 2001
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 Accurate, brilliant and unputdownable! August 29, 2000
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Moth Smoke is by far the most accurate and honest account of life in Pakistan that has ever been put into print. There are none of the usual exotic 'hooks' used by authors from the sub-continent to pull in the Western audience. The characters are very well-developed, with each of the main characters getting a chance to present the side of the story, and one actually misses them once the book is over. The world Hamid creates is tangible and accessible to people from Lahore, who will no doubt recognize it, and to people who have never heard of Lahore. In other words you do not have to be Pakistani to understand and greatly enjoy this novel. Moth Smoke raises important questions about wealth, poverty, crime and gender and allows the reader to evaluate them by including him/her in the final judgement. Read no more of this...read Moth Smoke.
A very good work by a rising star. March 13, 2000
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Sure, Moth Smoke may have its ups and downs, but it's an amazing first attempt. Over and above the beautifully timed love story, Hamid manages to capture the hypocrisy of the elite of Pakistan, and combines this with his penetrating insights into the genesis of some of the violent crime in the country. His narrative is good - at times world class - but it does lack some maturity. There are elements of his narrative (and indeed character development) that could have been better. However, for a first attempt, it reveals the awesome potential Hamid has. This book is an easy read, so do buy it, and then you'll be able to tell the world that you had noticed Mohsin Hamid rise from his first novel into literary stardom.
A genius of a writer November 18, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mohsin Hamid writes with such pleasure the reader can only feel it too. An acutely insightful novel about a dreamer's downward spiral, the way Pakistani society thwarts him, and his obsessive, destructive, yet entirely understandable love for his best friend's wife.
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