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A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Author: Mohammed Hanif
Published: 2008-05-06
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN: 9780307269423
Format: ebook
Pages: 320
File size (e-book): 488 KB
Chosen by: Tom
Meeting: 2019-03-04 (meeting #26)
Description:

Intrigue and subterfuge combine with bad luck and good in this darkly comic debut about love, betrayal, tyranny, family, and a conspiracy trying its damnedest to happen.

Ali Shigri, Pakistan Air Force pilot and Silent Drill Commander of the Fury Squadron, is on a mission to avenge his father's suspicious death, which the government calls a suicide.Ali's target is none other than General Zia ul-Haq, dictator of Pakistani. Enlisting a rag-tag group of conspirators, including his cologne-bathed roommate, a hash-smoking American lieutenant, and a mango-besotted crow, Ali sets his elaborate plan in motion. There's only one problem: the line of would-be Zia assassins is longer than he could have possibly known.