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- 2009
- year of publication
- 304
- pages
- English (United Kingdom)
- language
- Softcover
- cover
- Publisher
- Vintage
- ISBN-13
- 978-00-9951-674-3
- EAN
- 9780099516743
- Publication date
- 2009-06-04
- Book
- A Case Of Exploding Mangoes · 4 editions
The publisher on this edition
**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.
