A case of exploding mangoes
Ali Shigri, Pakistan Air Force pilot and Silent Drill Commander of Fury Squadron, is determined to understand what or who pushed his father to commit suicide--and to avenge his death. His father, one of Zia ul-Haq's colonels, may or may not have been involved in the conspiracies and coincidences leading to the mysterious 1988 plane crash that killed Pakistan's dictator General Zia ul-Haq. His search immerses him in a snarl of events: Americans in Pakistan, Soviets in Afghanistan, dollars in eve…
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- Full title :A case of exploding mangoes / Mohammed Hanif.
Summary
Ali Shigri, Pakistan Air Force pilot and Silent Drill Commander of Fury Squadron, is determined to understand what or who pushed his father to commit suicide--and to avenge his death. His father, one of Zia ul-Haq's colonels, may or may not have been involved in the conspiracies and coincidences leading to the mysterious 1988 plane crash that killed Pakistan's dictator General Zia ul-Haq. His search immerses him in a snarl of events: Americans in Pakistan, Soviets in Afghanistan, dollars in every hand.
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- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Vintage
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
Notes
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:323 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780099516743, 0099516748, 9780307388186, 0307388182
- oclc:ocn965578364
- LC Classification:PR6108.A55
- Dewey Decimal:823.92
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