num_pages: 247
description: Pakistan, summer 1998. In Lahore, Daru Shezab loses his job. Soon he has fallen for his best friend's wife and started mixing heroin and hash. Moth Smoke tells the story of Daru's spectacular downfall: a bittersweet tale of politics and corruption, of friendship and betrayal.
language: English
title: Moth Smoke
titlecomplete: Moth Smoke
genres: Asia, Pakistan, Literary Fiction, Novels, Crime, Asian Literature, Literature, Mystery, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 11182
places: Lahore, Punjab
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Betty Trask Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
publisher: Granta Books, London