" A well written but disturbing book about modern Pakistani society. I enjoyed the character development. Everything about it was quick and absorbing with great depiction of the fragile society in Pakistan - as the country is modernizing it is left with a few elite and many angry poor. The book details the rise and fall of a young Pakistani man, Daru, and his intermingle with drugs and crime that eventually lead to his demise. As you are reading Daru's point of view you might begin to hate Ozi, his best friend, or any other character, but when you hear there side of the story you begin to say that Daru is the bad guy. You can never decide. Mohsin Hamid crafts a complex story and leaves you to judge the characters, their insecurities, their arrogance, and their crimes. He has written a candid and uncomfortably honest account of socioeconomic state of Pakistan. "
— Sadaf, 1/21/2014