A Case of Exploding Mangoes: Roman. Winner of The Corine International Book Award, Fiction 2009 and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book ... Writers' Prize, Best First Book 2009 - Softcover

Hanif, Mohammed

 
9780099516743: A Case of Exploding Mangoes: Roman. Winner of The Corine International Book Award, Fiction 2009 and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book ... Writers' Prize, Best First Book 2009
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0099516748 ISBN 13: 9780099516743
Verlag: Vintage, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Verlag
Vintage
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0099516748
ISBN 13 
9780099516743
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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