Mohammed Hanif
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Mohammed Hanif

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Mohammed Hanif was born in Okara, Pakistan, in 1965. He graduated from Pakistan Air Force Academy as Pilot Officer, but subsequently left to pursue a career in journalism. He has written plays for the stage and BBC radio, and his film, The Long Night, has been shown at film festivals around the world. His first novel, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Novel in 2008.

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Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
Mohammed Hanif

'A tragicomedy of Shakespearean proportions' - Time Out

From the author of the award-winning, critically-acclaimed debut, A Case of Exploding Mangoes.

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A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Mohammed Hanif

A superb debut novel centred around the assassination of the Pakistani dictator General Zia.

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Novel and shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2008.

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