Description
In a darkly comic debut that blends intrigue with slapstick misfortune, a young Pakistan Air Force pilot sets out to avenge his father’s suspicious death—an official “suicide” that doesn’t add up. Determined to strike at General Zia ul-Haq, he recruits a rag-tag circle of conspirators whose loyalties, incompetence, and unlikely quirks turn careful plotting into escalating chaos. As love, betrayal, and family pressures collide with authoritarian power, the story explores how tyranny breeds both resistance and absurdity, and how conspiracies rarely unfold according to plan. With Mohammed Hanif’s sharp, fast-moving wit and cinematic storytelling, this is a tale of conspiracy trying its damnedest to happen—while everything that can go wrong, does.
Available Editions
paperback
Vintage Books
Published Jan 1, 2009
323 pages
ISBN: 9780099516743
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First Published
2009
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif.