This Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin — First Edition, First Printing Hardcover
This Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin is a literary novel exploring ambition, loyalty, love, and the divisions of class in Pakistan.
Moving between urban households and rural estates, the story follows people whose opportunities are shaped by wealth, family connections, and dependence on powerful employers. An orphan rises to a trusted position in an influential household, while a gardener’s son pursues opportunities that carry unexpected consequences. Their intertwined lives reveal the difficult choices people make between personal advancement, survival, and conscience.
This 2026 hardcover is a first hardcover edition, first printing, with its dust jacket. The copy is in good used condition. The jacket shows rubbing, surface scuffs, edge and corner wear, and creasing at the spine ends, most noticeable at the top. The board corners show minor wear. Please see the photographs of the actual book.
• Title: This Is Where the Serpent Lives
• Author: Daniyal Mueenuddin
• Type: Novel
• Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Publication year: 2026
• Edition: First hardcover edition, first printing
• ISBN-13: 9780525655152
• Pages: 368
• Language: English
• Printed in the United States
• Condition: Good
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