Moni Mohsin

Pakistan may be making headlines - but Butterfly is set to conquer theworld. Everyone knows me. All of Lahore, all of Karachi, all of Isloo - oho, baba, Islamabad- half of Dubai, half of London and all of Khan Market and all the nice, nice bearers inImperial Hotel also...No ball, no party, no dinner, no coffee morning, no funeral, no GT-Get-Together, baba - is complete without me. Meet Butterfly, Pakistan s most lovable, silly, socialite. An avid partygoer, inspiredmisspeller, and unwittingly acute observer of Pakistani high society, Butterfly is a womanlike no other. In her world, SMS becomes S & M and people eat three tiara cakes whileshunning do number ka maal . What cheeks! as she would say. As her country facestribulations - from 9/11 to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto - Butterfly glides throughher world, unfazed, untouched, and stopped short only by the chip in her manicure.Wicked, irreverent and hugely entertaining, The Diary of a Social Butterfly gives you adelicious glimpse into the parallel universe of the have-musts.

The Diary of a Social Butterfly

A woman from modern Lahore is tapped to help her business owner cousin, Jonkers, to find a suitable wife in spite of his awkward nature and tendency to fall for unsuitable women, a task that is complicated by the main character's parenting responsibilities and competitive social activities. Original.

A Novel

Duty Free

1971. While a savage civil war rages in East Pakistan, in the safe, cosy village of Sabzbagh, life appears to continue undisturbed. It is here that nine-year-old Laila is spending her winter vacation. Her friend is Rani, who is hurtling into a forbidden love affair.

The End of Innocence

I tell you the halaats are so bad, so bad that don’t even ask. The Talibans sitting on top of our heads, bombs bursting left, right and centre, drones droning away, load-shedding a hundred hours a day, servants answering back, in-laws trying to upstage you, friends throwing you out of their kitties and on top of that elections ka tamasha. Janoo tau is coming closer and closer to a nervous brake out while Mummy is getting sterile dementia. As for Kulchoo, bhai, don’t even ask. But I’ve decided, come what may, I tau am not going to let anyone clamp my style. I’m going to live just as I like—watching my Turkish soaps, going to GTs and weddings, throwing kitty parties, telling everyone everything saaf-saaf and, of course, doing summers in London—voh tau must hai na. And I’m going to do it in my Jimmy Choo ki heels and my sleeveless designer shirts, and my streaked hair and my Prada ki sunglasses. This much I’m telling you all from now only. So tighten your seat belts, okay?

The Return of the Butterfly

Ruby Rauf is an idealistic, industrious scholarship student with a fixed plan. She is going to ace her exams and get a decent job so she never has to suffer the daily degradation of poverty again. Yet, when she meets the compelling actor-turned-politician Saif Haq, her world is upended. Dazzled by his charisma, inspired by his zeal, she quits her degree midway to join his campaign as his social media manager. Ruby soon discovers that politics, even with a leader as upright as Saif Haq, is a moral minefield. Diligent, sincere but desperately naïve, Ruby longs to do the right thing but struggles at first to square her innate integrity with the difficult choices her job demands. As she wades deeper into the quagmire of political intrigue and the savage world of social media, her values grow more flexible, her methods more ruthless. She out-thinks allies and rivals to deliver brilliant results. Resented and admired by her colleagues, favoured by Saif, Ruby appears unstoppable-until one day when Saif asks her to prove her loyalty by making the most painful sacrifice of all. With quicksilver dialogue, shrewd political insight and a thoughtful take on the MeToo debate, this sparkling novel reveals Moni Mohsin on top satirical form.

(Penguin Petit)

The Impeccable Integrity of Ruby R.

After freeing her darling son, Jonkers, from the clutches of his low class, slutty secretary, Aunty Pussy has charged Butterfly with finding him a new wife—a rich, fair, beautiful, old family type. Quickly. But who wants to marry poor, plain, die-vorced Jonkers? As Butterfly schemes her way through shaadis, GTs (oho baba, Get Togethers!), and kitty parties trying to find a suitable girl from the right bagground, she discovers to her dismay that her hapless cousin has his own ideas about his perfect mate. And secretly she may even agree! Full of wit and wickedness, Tender Hooks is another delightful romp through Pakistani high society from the bestselling author of The Diary of a Social Butterfly.

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