Moth Smoke

Moth Smoke is Mohsin Hamid's debut novel, published in 2000.

It tells the story of Darashikoh Shezad, a banker in Lahore who loses his job and becomes embroiled in a life of drugs and crime.

The novel explores themes of identity, class, and societal decay in Pakistan during the late 1990s.

Through Daru's narrative, Hamid critiques the elite's detachment from the broader society and the country's pursuit of nuclear power.