Moth Smoke

This first novel by the Pakistani writer tells the story of the love-struck Daru Shezad who, when fired from his banking job, instantly removes himself from the ranks of Pakistan's cell-phone-toting elite and plunges into a life of drugs and crime. When a heist goes awry, he finds himself suspect for murder he may or may have not committed. A NY Times Notable Book of the Year. 247p. Pap.