Product Description
A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Author: Mohammed Hanif
Format: Paperback
**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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