A review by misspalah
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif

3.0

It can be an interesting book if you don't know much about Zia Al Huq. He is considered as one of the most notorious leader Pakistan ever had. His cruelty is so well known making it difficult for me to pass a few pages especially when the author try to humanize him in this book. It's a little bit heavy with a facts filled with aviation. The cruelty and seniority in army also has been discussed briefly in this. The religion spirituality possessed by some of the characters in the book seems to be joking around in a matter of a religion rather than embodying it. Still, it's a great book. In its own randomness and bluntness, it managed to convey the author's unorthodox writing style.