review 1: Ah float like a Butterfly, sting like a bee, Duty Free is Moni Mohsin's much appreciated sequel to Diary of a Social Butterfly. Snappy, 'prada-wala' globe-trotting Butterfly can't seem to find an "illegible" bride for her 'bore' cousin. This biting social satire is stocked with malapropisms, near death misses with 'beardo-weirdos' and vicious maids. Moni Mohsin, already a huge bestseller in India, has been hailed as a modern-day Jane Austen, and compared to Nancy Mitford and Helen Fielding. Duty Free is social satire at its biting best. Search/5(4). Moni Mohsin's DUTY FREE is a contemporary romantic comedy of manners set in contemporary Lahore, Pakistan. Our heroine (does she ever name herself?) must help her cousin Jonkers, whom she was raised with, find a good wife as his first marriage ended in divorce due to his first wife's lower class origins -- or as Mohsin puts it, "lack of bagground."/5(37).
Advance Praise for Duty Free "This is a wildly entertaining book but, beware, it also bites." —Neel Mukherjee "Refreshing, humorous, irreverent, and satirical, Moni Mohsin's Duty Free is. Moni Mohsin, already a huge bestseller in India, has been hailed as a modern-day Jane Austen, and compared to Nancy Mitford and Helen Fielding. Duty Free is social satire at its biting best. Jane Austen's Emma, transported to the outrageous social melee of 21st-century Lahore. Our plucky heroine's cousin, Jonkers, has been dumped by his low. By Moni Mohsin. Read a Sample. Sign up to save your library. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about Duty Free is a delightful romp through Pakistani high society — though.
Moni Mohsin, already a huge bestseller in India, has been hailed as a modern-day Jane Austen, and compared to Nancy Mitford and Helen Fielding. Duty Free is social satire at its biting best. Subscribe to Read | $ review 1: Ah float like a Butterfly, sting like a bee, Duty Free is Moni Mohsin's much appreciated sequel to Diary of a Social Butterfly. Snappy, 'prada-wala' globe-trotting Butterfly can't seem to find an "illegible" bride for her 'bore' cousin. This biting social satire is stocked with malapropisms, near death misses with 'beardo-weirdos' and vicious maids. Duty Free - Kindle edition by Mohsin, Moni. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Duty Free.
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