MOTH SMOKE INTRODUCTION NAME MOHSIN HAMID BORN 1971

MOTH SMOKE

INTRODUCTION NAME: MOHSIN HAMID BORN: 1971 (age 43– 44) Lahore Pakistan Occupation : Novelist. stories and eassy writer Nationality : Pakistan, british Period: 2000–present …………… Grew up in lahore. (pakistan). where he work as a car salesmen, journalist and lawyer. He studeid at Harvard law and currently lives in new york. This is his first novel and won a betty trask award ….

THEME. The novel focuses on the decadent lifestyle of the ultra-rich--in particular, the Generation X children of the corrupt civil servants, politicians, government bureaucrats, and industrialists that form Pakistans elite upper half-a-percentile….

• CHARACTERS. DARU (HERO) . OZI (AURANGZEB)… (DARU friend). MUMTAZ (ozi wife and AFFAIR with daru). Murad badshah(dru. G dealer)

• SUMMARY. Best Friends from school life. Started Job In Bank. Taking DRUGS. OZI RETURN from abroad. Affair with his best friend wife

Critical analycis : . Its intricate and detailed portrayal of four levels of Pakistani culture: the ultra rich elite, the white-collar middle class, the blue-collar middle class, and poor. This writer uncover what people want to ignore themselves (NADINE GORDIMER)

CRITICISM. Hes giving the negative impact of our culture on the people of western countries about islam /pakistan ….

Recommendation. The prose is outstanding, . The characters are wholly-real and unforgettable, . Based on reality . Based on pakistan history and culture