Mohammed Hanif, A Case of Exploding Mangoes

Paul Veyret (Université Bordeaux-Montaigne)

Ed. by Muneeza Shamsie, Independent Scholar - Asia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University Bangladesh), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2008

Places

Pakistan (Country of Origin)
United Kingdom (Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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A Case of Exploding Mangoes

(2008) is a game-changing novel that established Mohammed Hanif as a prominent author in the small but distinctive world of contemporary anglophone Pakistani writers, as well as a celebrated participant of world literature. The novel won the 2008 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize and the 2009 Commonwealth Book Prize for the Best First Book, together with being shortlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize, and garnered both critical and academic success.

A Case of Exploding Mangoes is based on true events. On 17 August 1988 in Bahawalpur the “Pak One” C-130 Hercules aeroplane crashed to the ground in a ball of fire, killing the President of Pakistan, General Muhammed Zia-ul-Haq, together with a number of Army officers and the US Ambassador to Pakistan, Arnold Raphel.

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Citation: Veyret, Paul. "A Case of Exploding Mangoes". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 April 2021 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=39103, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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