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A Case of Exploding Mangoes Mohammed Hanif

A Case of Exploding Mangoes von Mohammed Hanif

A Case of Exploding Mangoes Mohammed Hanif

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Zusammenfassung

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.

A Case of Exploding Mangoes Zusammenfassung

A Case of Exploding Mangoes Mohammed Hanif

**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.

A Case of Exploding Mangoes Bewertungen

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 Carre
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 *

Über 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.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR001305756
9780099516743
0099516748
A Case of Exploding Mangoes Mohammed Hanif
Mohammed Hanif
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Vintage Publishing
20090604
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Winner of Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best First Book 2009 Winner of The Commonwealth Writer's Prize Best First Book Eurasia 2009 Short-listed for Guardian First Book Award 2008
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