Hanif, Mohammed – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:34:33 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Hanif, Mohammed – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 A Case of Exploding Mangoes https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/a-case-of-exploding-mangoes/ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/a-case-of-exploding-mangoes/ There is an ancient saying that when lovers fall out, a plane goes down. This is the story of one such plane. Why did a Hercules C130, the world’s sturdiest plane, carrying Pakistan’s military dictator General Zia ul Haq, go down on 17 August, 1988? Was it because of:

1.Mechanical failure
2.Human error
3.The CIA’s impatience
4.A blind woman’s curse
5.Generals not happy with their pension plans
6.The mango season

Or could it be your narrator, Ali Shigri?

Teasing, provocative, and very, very funny, Mohammed Hanif’s debut novel takes one of the subcontinent’s enduring mysteries and out if it spins a tale as rich and colourful as a beggar’s dream.

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Novel and shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2008.

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