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Lessons in heresy
The Guardian Weekly
|February 13, 2026
Slapstick is fused with thriller to explore the state of Pakistan under military rule
Mohammed Hanif's novels address the more troubling aspects of Pakistani history and politics with unhinged, near-treasonous irreverence. His 2008 Booker-longlisted debut, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, was a scabrously comic portrait of General Zia-ul-Haq in the days leading up to his death in a suspicious plane crash in 1988. Masquerading as a whodunnit, it was a satire of religiosity and military authoritarianism.
Hanif's prickly new novel confirms his standing as one of south Asia's most unnervingly funny and subversive voices. The story kicks off after ousted socialist PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is put to death by army chief turned autocrat Zia. Following the execution, disgraced intelligence officer Gul is posted to OK Town, a sleepy backwater.
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