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I WAS THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY
As they approach the red carpet that leads to the Pak One staircase you can immediately tell that I am the only one in the frame smiling but when I salute and start walking towards the aeroplane, my smile vanishes. I know I am saluting a bunch of dead men. But if you are in uniform, you salute. That's all there is to it.
June 1988, Pakistan.
General Zia is convinced there is a plot to kill him and barricades himself within Army House, his official residence.
There are plenty of people who might want him dead.
The army generals growing old waiting for their promotions.
The CIA. The ISI. RAW.
And Ali Shigri, a junior officer at the military academy whose father, a whisky-swilling jihadi colonel, has been murdered by the army.
Zia's death will benefit many. Some want power, some want recognition - Ali is only doing his duty.
Two months later, Zia gets into the presidential plane, Pak One, which explodes midway. Which of the plotters have succeeded?
A Case of Exploding Mangoes is sharp, black, inventive and utterly gripping. It marks the debut of a brilliant new writer.
As they approach the red carpet that leads to the Pak One staircase you can immediately tell that I am the only one in the frame smiling but when I salute and start walking towards the aeroplane, my smile vanishes. I know I am saluting a bunch of dead men. But if you are in uniform, you salute. That's all there is to it.
June 1988, Pakistan.
General Zia is convinced there is a plot to kill him and barricades himself within Army House, his official residence.
There are plenty of people who might want him dead.
The army generals growing old waiting for their promotions.
The CIA. The ISI. RAW.
And Ali Shigri, a junior officer at the military academy whose father, a whisky-swilling jihadi colonel, has been murdered by the army.
Zia's death will benefit many. Some want power, some want recognition - Ali is only doing his duty.
Two months later, Zia gets into the presidential plane, Pak One, which explodes midway. Which of the plotters have succeeded?
A Case of Exploding Mangoes is sharp, black, inventive and utterly gripping. It marks the debut of a brilliant new writer.