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001			6763487
003			NUST - PNEC
005			20170116181117.0
008			080205s2008 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2008004150
020			_a9780307268075 (alk. paper)
020			_a0307268071 (alk. paper)
024			_a40015511160
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn191865420
035			_a(OCoLC)191865420 _z(OCoLC)176951753
035			_a(NNC)6763487
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dIG# _dBAKER _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dOrLoB-B
050	0	0	_aPR6108.A55 _bC37 2008
082	0	0	_a823.92 HAN _222
100	1		_aHanif, Mohammed.
245	1	2	_aA case of exploding mangoes / _cMohammed Hanif.
250			_a1st U.S. ed.
260			_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _cc.2008.
300			_a323 p. ; _c21 cm.
500			_a"This is a Borzoi Book."
520	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.
600	1	0	_aZia-ul-Haq, Mohammad _vFiction.
610	1	0	_aPakistan. _bAir Force _vFiction.
650		0	_aConspiracies _zPakistan _vFiction.
650		0	_aPresidents _zPakistan _vFiction. _xGeneral books
655		0	_aPolitical fiction.
900			_bTOC
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948	1		_a20080718 _bc _csds12 _dMPS
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