02866cam a2200409 a 4500999001900000001000800019003000800027005001700035008004100052010001700093020003100110020002800141024001600169035002400185035003900209035001700248038001200265040004800277050002500325082001900350100002700369245005100396250001700447260004200464300002100506500002900527520153400556600004102090610004102131650004302172650005702215655002902272900000802301942001202309948002802321952010702349  c533934d5339346763487NUST - 20200124162505.0080205s2008    nyu           000 1 eng    a  2008004150  a9780307268075 (alk. paper)  a0307268071 (alk. paper)  a40015511160  a(OCoLC)ocn191865420  a(OCoLC)191865420z(OCoLC)176951753  a(NNC)6763487  aMSOHAIL  aDLCcDLCdIG#dBAKERdBTCTAdYDXCPdOrLoB-B00aPR6108.A55bC37 200800a823.92 HAN2221 aHanif, Mohammed.9461212aA case of exploding mangoes /cMohammed Hanif.  a1st U.S. ed.  aNew York :bAlfred A. Knopf,cc.2008.  a364 p. ;c21 cm.  a"This is a Borzoi Book."1 a"A novel that reimagines the conspiracies and coincidences leading to the mysterious 1988 plane crash that killed Pakistan's dictator General Zia ul-Haq." "At the center is Ali Shigri: Pakistan Air Force pilot and Silent Drill Commander of Fury Squadron. His father, one of Zia's colonels, committed suicide under suspicious circumstances. Ali is determined to understand what or who pushed his father to such desperation - and to avenge his death." "What he quickly discovers is a snarl of events: Americans in Pakistan, Soviets in Afghanistan, dollars in every hand. But Ali remains patient, determined, a touch world-weary ("You want freedom and they give you chicken korma"), and unsurprised at finding Zia at every turn. He mounts an elaborate plot for revenge with an ever-changing crew: his silk-underwear-and-cologne-wearing roommate; a hash-smoking American lieutenant with questionable motives; the chief of Pakistan's secret police, who mistakenly believes he's in cahoots with the CIA; a blind woman imprisoned for fornication; Uncle Starchy, the squadron's laundryman; and, not least of all, a mango-besotted crow. General Zia - devout Muslim and leering admirer of non-Muslim cleavage - begins every day by asking his chief of security: "Who's trying to kill me?" The answer lies in a conspiracy trying its damnedest to happen..." "Intrigue and subterfuge combine with misstep and luck in this darkly comic book about love, betrayal, tyranny, family - and a world that unexpectedly resembles our own."--BOOK JACKET.10aZia-ul-Haq, MohammadvFiction.9461310aPakistan.bAir ForcevFiction.94614 0aConspiracieszPakistanvFiction.94617 0aPresidentszPakistanvFiction.xGeneral books927990 0aPolitical fiction.91074  bTOC  2ddccBK1 a20080718bccsds12dMPS  00102ddc4070aNITbNITd2020-01-24l2o823.92 HANpNIT-9472r2023-01-11s2023-01-11w2020-01-24yBK