A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Author: Hanif, Mohammed
ISBN: 9780099516743
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 May 2009
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
A superb debut novel centred around the assassination of the Pakistani dictator General Zia.
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Novel and shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2008.
**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE**
'Exuberant and satirical- this is an angry comedy about Zia's brutal legacy to Pakistan' Observer
There is an old saying that when lovers fall out, a plane goes down. This is the story of one such plane.
Why did a Hercules C130, the world's sturdiest plane, carrying Pakistan's military dictator General Zia ul Haq, go down on 17 August, 1988? Was it because of-
1.Mechanical failure
2.Human error
3.The CIA's impatience
4.A blind woman's curse
5.Generals not happy with their pension plans
6.The mango season
Or could it be your narrator, Ali Shigri?
A Case of Exploding Mangoes is sharp, dark, inventive and utterly gripping.
ISBN: 9780099516743
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 May 2009
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
A superb debut novel centred around the assassination of the Pakistani dictator General Zia.
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Novel and shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2008.
**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE**
'Exuberant and satirical- this is an angry comedy about Zia's brutal legacy to Pakistan' Observer
There is an old saying that when lovers fall out, a plane goes down. This is the story of one such plane.
Why did a Hercules C130, the world's sturdiest plane, carrying Pakistan's military dictator General Zia ul Haq, go down on 17 August, 1988? Was it because of-
1.Mechanical failure
2.Human error
3.The CIA's impatience
4.A blind woman's curse
5.Generals not happy with their pension plans
6.The mango season
Or could it be your narrator, Ali Shigri?
A Case of Exploding Mangoes is sharp, dark, inventive and utterly gripping.
