A Case of Exploding Mangoes

A Case of Exploding Mangoes - Mohammed Hanif

From Amazon: "On August 17, 1988, Pak One, the airplane carrying Pakistani dictator General Zia and several top generals, crashed, killing all on board--and despite continued investigation, a smoking gun--mechanical or conspiratorial--has yet to be found. Mohammed Hanif's outrageous debut novel, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, tracks at least two (and as many as a half-dozen) assassination vectors to their convergence in the plane crash, incorporating elements as diverse as venom-tipped sabers, poison gas, the curses of a scorned First Lady, and a crow impaired by an overindulgence of ripe mangoes."

This was a very random book.. starting with the plane crash that killed the dictator and his colleagues. It followed six? different characters, in a very interwoven story. I really enjoyed it, and would recommend it. The book was very military-based, and while I don't know much about army goings-on, I was still able to follow everything.