A case of exploding mangoes
By: Mohammed Hanif
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780224082044; 9780224082426
Subjects: Fiction; Conspiracies; Presidents; Dictatorship; Aircraft accidents; Pakistan. Air Force; Pakistan
Other titles: Exploding mangoes
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.