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A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Mohammed Hanif
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Description for A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Paperback. 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: mechanical failure, human error, the CIA's impatience, a blind woman's curse or Generals not happy with their pension plans. This novel takes one of the subcontinent's enduring mysteries. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
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'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.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099516743
SKU
V9780099516743
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About Mohammed Hanif
Mohammed Hanif was born in Okara, Pakistan, in 1965. He graduated from Pakistan Air Force Academy as Pilot Officer, but subsequently left to pursue a career in journalism. He has written plays for the stage and BBC radio, and his film The Long Night has been shown at film festivals around the world. His first novel, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Novel in 2008.
Reviews for A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Zesty, highly inventive...Hanif is a gifted writer...His explosive finale is brilliantly constructed
Daily Mail
Exuberant and satirical: this is an angry comedy about Zia's brutal legacy to Pakistan
Observer
Witty, elegaic and deliciously anarchic
John Le Carré A Pakistan not reducible to generals, jets and jihadisa...a debut novel shaped as much by the subcontinents fascination with history and historical figures as by political thrillers in the tradition of Forsyth and Le Carre.... Along the way there is plenty of humour and slapstick... Cadet life is entertainingly evoked, overflowing with japes, jerkoffs, hashish highs and liquored lows... The most unexpected aspect of Mangoes is also its most compelling - the wryly told story of a love affair between two cadets
Guardian
Entertaining.... darkly comic.... There are sharply observed sketches of toadying ministers, mindlessly efficient security chiefs, filthy prison cells, sex-mad Arab sheikhs and erudite communist prisoners...as a piece of political satire, A Case of Exploding Mangoes deserves a high mark
Independent
Unputdownable and darkly hilarious. Mohammed Hanif is a brave, gifted writer
Mohsin Hamid, author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist Grimly, intelligently comic as if written by an Asian Joseph Heller
Daily Telegraph
If this rich stew of disparate ingredients puts you in mind of Salman Rushdie, you wouldn't be far from the truth. His work, along with that of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Joseph Heller, is a low-key but persistent influence
Sunday Times
An exciting, accomplished new literary voice
Irish Times
A very funny satire-cum-thriller
Sally Cousins
Sunday Telegraph Seven
Daily Mail
Exuberant and satirical: this is an angry comedy about Zia's brutal legacy to Pakistan
Observer
Witty, elegaic and deliciously anarchic
John Le Carré A Pakistan not reducible to generals, jets and jihadisa...a debut novel shaped as much by the subcontinents fascination with history and historical figures as by political thrillers in the tradition of Forsyth and Le Carre.... Along the way there is plenty of humour and slapstick... Cadet life is entertainingly evoked, overflowing with japes, jerkoffs, hashish highs and liquored lows... The most unexpected aspect of Mangoes is also its most compelling - the wryly told story of a love affair between two cadets
Guardian
Entertaining.... darkly comic.... There are sharply observed sketches of toadying ministers, mindlessly efficient security chiefs, filthy prison cells, sex-mad Arab sheikhs and erudite communist prisoners...as a piece of political satire, A Case of Exploding Mangoes deserves a high mark
Independent
Unputdownable and darkly hilarious. Mohammed Hanif is a brave, gifted writer
Mohsin Hamid, author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist Grimly, intelligently comic as if written by an Asian Joseph Heller
Daily Telegraph
If this rich stew of disparate ingredients puts you in mind of Salman Rushdie, you wouldn't be far from the truth. His work, along with that of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Joseph Heller, is a low-key but persistent influence
Sunday Times
An exciting, accomplished new literary voice
Irish Times
A very funny satire-cum-thriller
Sally Cousins
Sunday Telegraph Seven