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There is an ancient 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?
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Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Novel and shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2008.
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Recensione
"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)
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"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)
Descrizione del libro
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.
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- EditoreVintage
- Data di pubblicazione2025
- ISBN 10 0099516748
- ISBN 13 9780099516743
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- LinguaInglese
- Numero edizione1
- Numero di pagine304
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