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A Case of Exploding Mangoes
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A Case of Exploding Mangoes

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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.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 May 2009
Pages
304
ISBN
9780099516743

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.

Read More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 May 2009
Pages
304
ISBN
9780099516743