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MOHSIN HAMID writes regularly for The New York Times, the Guardian and the New York Review of Books, and is the author of Exit West, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Moth Smoke, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia and Discontent and its Civilizations. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he has since lived between Lahore, London and New York.Sharply observed, powerful, evocative
Financial Times
A first novel of remarkable wit, poise and profundity. A treat
Esquire
A vivid portrait of contemporary young Pakistani life, where frustration and insecurity feed not only the snobbery, decadence and aspirations of the rich, but also the resentment of the poor
The Times
A rare glimpse into modern-day Pakistan . . . The voices that emerge are sarcastic and sad, a lively lament . . . reminiscent of V. S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie
Chicago Tribune
Not often does one find a first novel that has the power of imagination and skill to orchestrate personal and public themes of these consequences and achieve a chord that reverberates in one's mind. <i>Moth Smoke</i> is one of the best novels I have read this year
- Nadine Gordimer, -
Stunning . . . [Hamid] has created a hip page-turner
- Jonathan Levi, Los Angeles Times