Author: Mohammed Hanif Year: 2008 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction, Award winners, Historical fiction, Humor Cultures: Pakistan, Asia
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ISBNs: 9780307268075 9780307388186 0307268071 0307388182 |
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Intrigue and subterfuge combine with bad luck and good in this darkly comic debut about love, betrayal, tyranny, family, and a conspiracy trying its damnedest to happen.
Ali Shigri, Pakistan Air Force pilot and Silent Drill Commander of the Fury Squadron, is on a mission to avenge his father's suspicious death, which the government calls a suicide. Ali's target is none other than General Zia ul-Haq, dictator of Pakistan. Enlisting a rag-tag group of conspirators, including his cologne-bathed roommate, a hash-smoking American lieutenant, and a mango-besotted crow, Ali sets his elaborate plan in motion. There's only one problem: the line of would-be Zia assassins is longer than he could have possibly known.
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