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Mohammed Hanif was born in Okara, Pakistan. After leaving the Pakistan Air Force Academy to pursue a career in journalism, he worked for Newsline, India Today, and The Washington Post. He has written plays for the stage and screen, including a critically acclaimed BBC drama and the feature film The Long Night. Hanif is a graduate of University of East Anglia’s creative writing programme. He is currently head of BBC’s Urdu Service and lives in London.
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A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Written by Mohammed Hanif
Format: eBook, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $15.00
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Written by Mohammed Hanif
Format: eBook, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $15.00
Read more >
A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Written by Mohammed Hanif
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $15.00
A Washington Post, Rocky Mountain News, Boston Globe Best Book of the Year
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... Read more >
Written by Mohammed Hanif
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $15.00
A Washington Post, Rocky Mountain News, Boston Globe Best Book of the Year
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... Read more >
A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Written by Mohammed Hanif
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $24.00
A first novel of the first order—provocative, exuberant, wickedly clever—that reimagines the conspiracies and coincidences leading to the mysterious 1988 plane crash that killed Pakistan’s dictator General Zia ul-Haq.
At the center is Ali Shigri: Pakistan Air Force pilot and Silent Drill Commander of Fury Squadron. His father, one of Zia’s... Read more >
Written by Mohammed Hanif
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $24.00
A first novel of the first order—provocative, exuberant, wickedly clever—that reimagines the conspiracies and coincidences leading to the mysterious 1988 plane crash that killed Pakistan’s dictator General Zia ul-Haq.
At the center is Ali Shigri: Pakistan Air Force pilot and Silent Drill Commander of Fury Squadron. His father, one of Zia’s... Read more >
