02694cam a2200385 a 4500 6763487 NUST - PNEC 20170116181117.0 080205s2008 nyu 000 1 eng 2008004150 9780307268075 (alk. paper) 0307268071 (alk. paper) 40015511160 (OCoLC)ocn191865420 (OCoLC)191865420 (OCoLC)176951753 (NNC)6763487 DLC DLC IG# BAKER BTCTA YDXCP OrLoB-B PR6108.A55 C37 2008 823.92 HAN 22 Hanif, Mohammed. A case of exploding mangoes / Mohammed Hanif. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c.2008. 323 p. ; 21 cm. "This is a Borzoi Book." "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. Zia-ul-Haq, Mohammad Fiction. Pakistan. Air Force Fiction. Conspiracies Pakistan Fiction. Presidents Pakistan Fiction. General books Political fiction. TOC ddc BK 20080718 c sds12 MPS 69398 69398 0 0 ddc 0 0 PNEC PNEC WING-B 0000-00-00 1 823.92 HAN PNECLIB-028782 2016-11-15 2016-11-04 0000-00-00 BK