ID | 017694 |
Call Number | 813.54/HAM |
Title Proper | Moth smoke |
Language | ENG |
Author | Hamid, Mohsin |
Publication | New Delhi, Penguin Books, 2000. |
Description | 307p Green spine |
Note | In Lahore, Daru Shezad is a junior banker with a hashish habit. When his old friend Ozi moves back to Pakistan, Daru wants to be happy for him. Ozi has everything: a beautiful wife and child, an expensive foreign education - and a corrupt father who bankrolls his lavish lifestyle. As jealousy sets in, Daru's life slowly unravels. He loses his job. Starts lacing his joints with heroin. Becomes involved with a criminally-minded rickshaw driver. And falls in love with Ozi's lonely wife. But how low can Daru sink? And is he guilty of the crime he finds himself on trial for? |
Standard Number | 9780143420200 |
Price. Qualification | Rs.399(Pb) |
Classification Number | 813.54 |
Key Words | IBDP ; Drug addiction - Fiction ; Young men - Pakistan - Fiction ; Pakistan - Social life and customs - Fiction ; Adultery - Pakistan - Fiction ; Drug abuse - Pakistan - Fiction |