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Based on the 1988 aircraft crash that killed Zia-ul-Haq, the military dictator of Pakistan, A Case of Exploding Mangoes made a big splash in the South Asian literary world when it was released in 2008. Readers loved that a desi writer was nailing political satire.
Since then Mohammed Hanif has written three more novels, masterfully blending politics and the absurdities of life. He’s so captured…