A Case of Exploding Mangoes

Hanif, Mohammed

ISBN 10: 0307268071 / ISBN 13: 9780307268075

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2008

About this Item

Octavo. Orange boards quarterbound in a mustard yellow backstrip with black lettering on the spine. Book has a faint bumping at the head and tail of the spine and a 1/32" closed tear in the head of the spine. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 323 pages. Dust Jacket - has no discernable flaws - jacket is clean, bright, and sharp. Hanif's "witty, elegant" (John Le Carre) literary debut drew much praise on it's appearance, and has drawn comparrisons to Autumn of the Patriarch and Catch-22.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Case of Exploding Mangoes
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307268071
• ISBN 13: 9780307268075
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: NF
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature & Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Junior Officer Ali Shigri of the Pakistan Air Force, the son of Colonel Quli Shigri, who had been one of General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq's right-hand men prior to his suicide, struggles to unravel the secrets and motives that led to his father's death and plots his revenge on the Pakistani dictator whom he blames for his father's death. A first novel. 40,000 first printing.

About the Author

Mohammed Hanif heads the BBC s Urdu service. He graduated from the Pakistan Air Force Academy and has since worked as a journalist and playwright. He lives in London.