Summer books: Bernardine Evaristo, Hilary Mantel, David Nicholls and more pick their favourites
Authors recommend their favourite recent reads, from addictive novels and fascinating cultural history to a game-changing graphic memoir
January 2020
A Case of Exploding Mangoes 'targeted by authorities after Urdu translation'
Mohammed Hanif reports that his Pakistani publisher was raided not long after his 2008 satire became available in the national language
October 2018
Books interview
Mohammed Hanif: ‘To write about politics in Pakistan, you have to go abroad’
Mohammed Hanif was living in London when his award-winning first novel was published. Now back in Karachi, he discusses the threats he’s faced and why he continues to speak out
May 2017
Top 10s
Top 10 novels about Pakistan
From Mohammed Hanif to Kamila Shamsie, and some names still unfamiliar to English readers, here is some of the best fiction about a nation set to turn 70 this year
November 2015
Top 10s
Top 10 assassination plots in fiction
Plans to kill have a powerful appeal for narrative plotters, including novelist Jonathan Lee. Here are some of his favourites, from Hilary Mantel to Ian Fleming
April 2015
Sabeen Mahmud, Pakistani rights activist, shot dead
Country’s prime minister condemns killing of campaigner who helped organise forum about disappearances of nationalists in Balochistan region
October 2011
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif – review
Mohammed Hanif's second novel doesn't quite measure up to his debut but this tale of life in Karachi still satisfies, writes Ben East
Critical eye
Critical eye: roundup of reviews
Camilla Long's Just Boris, Mohammed Hanif's Our Lady of Alice Bhatti and Claire Tomalin's Dickens: A Life
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif – review
Robin Yassin-Kassab is impressed by a sparkling, witty tale reflecting the sad state of Pakistan
June 2009
Exploding mangoes and assassination capers
East to west
January 2009
A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Review: A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif, read by Paul Bhattacharjee A wickedly cynical novel woven in language as explosive as the mangoes themselves, says Rachel Redford
November 2008
Sue Arnold's audiobook choice
A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Review: A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif Paul Bhattacharjee gives voice to torture chambers and Catch-22-style military slapstick with equal panache
The Guardian Books podcast
Mohammed Hanif: Guardian first book award
The author of A Case of Exploding Mangoes talks to Alison Flood about being nominated for the Guardian first book award
Guardian First Book Award: Mohammed Hanif
In the first of our interviews with shortlisted authors we talk to Mohammed Hanif
May 2008
The late dictator
Priyamvada Gopal explores A Case of Exploding Mangoes, an intriguing subcontinental debut by Mohammed Hanif
