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A Case of Exploding Mangoes

Written by: Mohammed Hanif
Narrated by: Paul Bhattacharjee
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Publisher's Summary

There is a saying that when lovers fall out, a plane goes down.

A Case of Exploding Mangoes is the story of one such plane. Why did a Hercules C130, the world's sturdiest aircraft, 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; generals not happy with their pension plans; the mango season? Or could it be your narrator, Ali Shigri?

Teasing, provocative, and very funny, Mohammed Hanif's debut novel takes one of the subcontinent's enduring mysteries and out if it spins a tale as rich and colourful as a beggar's dream.
©2008 Mohammed Hanif (P)2008 W F Howes Ltd
Political Suspense Literary Fiction
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"Reader Paul Bhattacharjee gives voice to torture chambers, social satire, bucolic lyricisim 'night on the mountains is a black sheet flung from the skies' and Catch-22-style military slapstick with equal panache, through I suspect the real Zia was a little less cuddly than he makes him out to be." (Saturday)
"This explanatory novel, woven in language as explosive as the mangoes themselves, is wickedly cynical and reveals layers of outrageous - and pausible - corruption." (The Observer)

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Excellent.

This is an excellently written book. Extraordinarily imaginative, laugh-out-loud witty, minutely observant.

And the narration was spectacular.

Highly recommended.

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interesting book

Very nice book. It covers a large canvas with many stories converging in the end.

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A sordid event unexpectedly narrated in humour

The narration was unputdownable! Each word was clear and the narrator was human-like, emotive and unbelievably successful in bringing the book to life!

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