A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Publisher: Knopf; Alfred A. Knopf
Published: May 20, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780307268075
Subjects: Literary; Fiction / Literary; Fiction; Fiction - General
Description: 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.