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A Case of Exploding Mangoes (2008) is an award-winning critically acclaimed comic novel by the Pakistani writer Mohammed Hanif based on the plane crash that killed General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, former president of Pakistan. The book won the Best Read More..

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Description	A Case of Exploding Mangoes (2008) is an award-winning critically acclaimed comic novel by the Pakistani writer Mohammed Hanif based on the plane crash that killed General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, former president of Pakistan. The book won the Best First Book Award in the year 2009 in the Commonwealth Book Prize. It was also shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. The book is the basis of an up-coming Indo-Pak film starring Irrfan Khan.The Guardian described the novel as 'woven in language as explosive as the mangoes themselves, is wickedly cynical and reveals layers of outrageous - and plausible - corruption.' The New York Times, in a review, called the novel 'eerie timeliness'. Washington Post concluded its review with attesting that 'Hanif has his own story to tell, one that defies expectations at every turn.'
Description	A Case of Exploding Mangoes (2008) is an award-winning critically acclaimed comic novel by the Pakistani writer Mohammed Hanif based on the plane crash that killed General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, former president of Pakistan. The book won the Best First Book Award in the year 2009 in the Commonwealth Book Prize. It was also shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. The book is the basis of an up-coming Indo-Pak film starring Irrfan Khan.The Guardian described the novel as 'woven in language as explosive as the mangoes themselves, is wickedly cynical and reveals layers of outrageous - and plausible - corruption.' The New York Times, in a review, called the novel 'eerie timeliness'. Washington Post concluded its review with attesting that 'Hanif has his own story to tell, one that defies expectations at every turn.'

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Name	A Case of Exploding Mangoes
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Authors	Mohammed Hanif
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Genre	Comic novel
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Language	English
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Country	Pakistan
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