Ebooks and digital audiobooks are now sold and managed in OverDrive MarketPlace. Learn more. Continue to this site to purchase physical audio and large print only.

A Case of Exploding Mangoes

CD - unabridged
(10 CDs)
Product Number: CX109
Released: 01 Jul, 2008
Business Term: Purchase
ISBN: #9781407417721
Narrator(s): Paul Bhattacharjee
Publisher: W F Howes
Please log in to view pricing

Description

There is a saying that when lovers fall out, a plane goes down. A Case of Exploding Mangoes is the story of one such plane. Why did a Hercules C130, the world's sturdiest aircraft, carrying Pakistan's military dictator General Zia ul Haq, go down on 17 August, 1988? Was it because of: mechanical failure; human error; the CIA's impatience; a blind woman's curse; generals not happy with their pension plans; the mango season? Or could it be your narrator, Ali Shigri? Teasing, provocative, and very funny, Mohammed Hanif's debut novel takes one of the subcontinent's enduring mysteries and out of it spins a tale as rich and colourful as a beggar's dream...

Author(s): Mohammed Hanif
Original Publish Date: 01 Jul, 2008

All Formats/Editions

Playaway
x-large
Author(s): Mohammed Hanif
Narrator(s): Paul Bhattacharjee
Product Number D826
Released: 01 Sep, 2010
Business Term: Purchase
Publisher: W F Howes
ISBN: #9781407432632

Professional reviews

"'Witty, elegant, and deliciously anarchic.' JOHN LE CARRÉ 'Reader Paul Bhattacharjee gives voice to torture chambers, social satire, bucolic lyricism ('night on the mountains is a black sheet flung from the skies') and Catch-22-style military slapstick with equal panache...' SUE ARNOLD, THE GUARDIAN 'In August 1988, the plane carrying Pakistan's military dictator General Zia crashed, killing all on board. Why? This explanatory novel, woven in language as explosive as the mangoes themselves, is wickedly cynical and reveals layers of outrageous - and plausible - corruption.' THE OBSERVER"

Stay up to date with W.F.Howes news and announcements

The Home of Audiobooks & Large Print