Case Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif, First Edition (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing, unread. Has a remainder dot. 100% guarantee. Expert packaging. A little rubbing to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. AS NEW. Winner of the Commenwealth Book Prize. Nominee for the Booker Prize, 2008.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Advance Reading Copy. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) of the first American edition.

paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Proof Copy, card covers with see-through dust-jacket. Unclipped. No inscriptions or pen-marks. Very good condition - shelf-wear/has been read.

Hard Cover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: F. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. Orange boards quarterbound in a mustard yellow backstrip with black lettering on the spine. Book has a faint bumping at the head and tail of the spine and a 1/32" closed tear in the head of the spine. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 323 pages. Dust Jacket - has no discernable flaws - jacket is clean, bright, and sharp. Hanif's "witty, elegant" (John Le Carre) literary debut drew much praise on it's appearance, and has drawn comparrisons to Autumn of the Patriarch and Catch-22.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket shows slight signs of wear along edges and some rubbing to the front. Pages and book cover are crisp, clean, and free from creases or marks. Binding is tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st U.S. edition of his first book Fine/fine.

Condition: New. 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. Why did a Hercules C130, the world's sturdiest plane, carrying Pakistan's military dictator General Zia ul Haq, go down on 17 August, 1988? Was it because of: mechanical failure, human error, the CIA's impatience, a blind woman's curse or Generals not happy with their pension plans. This novel takes one of the subcontinent's enduring mysteries. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218. . . . . .

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Uncorrected Proof Copy produced in advance of publication of what was to be the Booker Prize Winner. No inscriptions. Some dust and minor creasing from standing on a shelf, otherwise fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book Condition: Very Good, very minimal signs of shelf wear and handling, otherwise clean, clear text in tightly bound copy. What is astonishing about this novel is that many of its characters are real; a few of its important characters were alive until a decade ago, but have since departed. Also, many of the incidents and events narrated in this novel actually happened, and so those are based on fact; but the author has chosen to interpret these actions and events with humor, and painted them with unabashed sarcasm, and colored them with prodigious wit, and thereby he has transformed the grave incidents into very funny vignettes. At the center of the novel is the death of Gen. Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, who was president of Pakistan from 1978 to 1988. On August 17, 1988, a C-130 Hercules plane carrying Zia ul-Haq crashes. On board were several Pakistani army generals, Arnold Raphel, the US Ambassador to Pakistan and the head of the US military aid mission to Pakistan, and all of them perish. They were returning to Islamabad from Punjab, where they had been to witness a tank demonstration. A few crates of ripe mangoes were loaded onto the plane before take off. Did one of the crates contain a canister of poison gas? The author wonders. The main narrator of the novel is Ali Shigri, an Air Force Junior Officer, in the Pakistani Military. Ali Shigri's father, Col. Quili Shigri, has committed suicide, but Ali is convinced that his father did not commit suicide, and that he was actually murdered by General Zia. And so quite determined to kill the general, Ali hatches an elaborate plan to carry it. 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 Pakistani. 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. A Case of Exploding Mangoes is a wonderful book and it will definitely keep you reading, and, yes indeed, there was a real belief that the CIA had spiked mangoes that went on board the plane with VX gas to eliminate Zia.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition, First Printing. A signed copy of the English first edition/first printing. The author's first novel, long-listed for the Booker Prize. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. Octavo; pp; (vi), 297; black cloth lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket. 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 Pakistani. 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. Author's first book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good - Some Wear. First Edition. Creased back cover.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st U.S. Large, sturdy book, orange spine, red boards, shiny black lettering on spine, 323 pages. DJ glossy black background, a mango with fuse on front, orange back with praise.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Gina Triplett and Matt Curtius (dust jacket illustration) (illustrator). 1st Edition. This Canadian edition is the first printing of the true first edition, w/complete number sequence. Precedes the UK edition. Hanif's first novel, which was shortlisted for the 2008 Guardian First Book Award. 323 pages. Gently bumped top corners/spine ends, in like dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First UK edition/First Printing. Mylar protected. Signed and Dated By Author.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, hardcover, (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of this author's first novel. Nominated for the Man Booker Prize and winner of the Commonweath Book Prize. In fine / fine unread condition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in a Fine Dust-Jacket.The book has no faults and has not been read so (As New) Signed and Dated by Hanif Mohammed on the Title Page.We have recently acquired a large and wonderful collection of approx 1000 Signed Modern Firsts,all in 'As New' Condition and unread,with many Signed and Dated and there are many Signed Limited Editions also.They include Crime Fiction,Fantasy,Science Fiction,Horror and Historical Fiction.This is a great copy for the collector with crisp white page edges and is as good as it gets in terms of condition,8vo First Edition 1st Impression [2008]. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo. First Printing. Clean and tight copy. Signed sticker to front cover of jacket otherwise fine. Signed by the author on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Canadian Edition. 323 pp; some wear to back panel of dustjacker [17].

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. A fine unread 1st inpression in a fine dustwrapper, Signed by the Author on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Flat-signed by author on title page. Some wrinkles on edges of d/j. Bruising to lower front tip. ; 9.40 X 6 X 1.30 inches; 336 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A FINE copy of the FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. In a FINE, unclipped jacket. Signed by MICHEL BASILIÈRES on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. This is a true UK first edition / first printing, with the complete numberline 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 on the copyright page. Flat-signed by the author in black ink. A perfect copy of this warm and witty novel, winner of the Commonwealth Book Prize, and longlisted for the Booker Prize. We protect all our books with a removable plastic cover, and send them with care. Signed by Author(s).