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A case of exploding mangoes / Mohammed Hanif.

By: Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2009.Edition: 1st Vintage Books edDescription: 323 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780099516743 (pbk.)
  • 0099516748 (pbk.)
  • 9780307388186
  • 0307388182
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823/.92 22
LOC classification:
  • PR6108.A55 C37 2009
Summary: Ali Shigri, Pakistan Air Force pilot and Silent Drill Commander of Fury Squadron, is determined to understand what or who pushed his father to commit suicide--and to avenge his death. His father, one of Zia ul-Haq's colonels, may or may not have been involved in the conspiracies and coincidences leading to the mysterious 1988 plane crash that killed Pakistan's dictator General Zia ul-Haq. His search immerses him in a snarl of events: Americans in Pakistan, Soviets in Afghanistan, dollars in every hand.
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Ali Shigri, Pakistan Air Force pilot and Silent Drill Commander of Fury Squadron, is determined to understand what or who pushed his father to commit suicide--and to avenge his death. His father, one of Zia ul-Haq's colonels, may or may not have been involved in the conspiracies and coincidences leading to the mysterious 1988 plane crash that killed Pakistan's dictator General Zia ul-Haq. His search immerses him in a snarl of events: Americans in Pakistan, Soviets in Afghanistan, dollars in every hand.

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