Author | Mohammed Hanif |
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Language | English |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Published | 2008 (Knopf/US) |
Publication date | 20 May 2008 |
Publication place | Pakistan |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Pages | 336 pp |
ISBN | 0-307-26807-1 |
OCLC | 191865420 |
A Case of Exploding Mangoes is a 2008 comic novel by the Pakistani writer Mohammed Hanif. It is based on the 1988 aircraft crash that killed Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth president of Pakistan.
The book received generally positive reviews from critics. It won the Commonwealth Foundation's Best First Book prize in 2009, and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.