Our Lady of Alice Bhatti: A critical review

Our Lady of Alice Bhatti: A critical review
By Ullah, Inam Gul. Hanif parts with his usual motifs and recurrent scenes of jets, flights, engines and life of cadets and professional soldiers, which are common features of his two other novels: ACase of Exploding Mangoes and The Red Birds, in Our Lady of Alice Bhatti. The novel centers on the Christian community...
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Red Birds: A critical review

Red Birds: A critical review
By Ullah, Inam Gul Brilliantly written by Hanif, the novel draws a critical sketch of US addiction to the venture of war and destruction, its twofold strategy of destruction through war and reconstruction through its agencies, the plight of the refugees camps, the sorry state of refugees’ children and a detailed...
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A Case of Exploding Mangoes: A Critical Review

A Case of Exploding Mangoes: A Critical Review
The military junta headed by General Ziaulhaq, ruling Pakistan for eleven long and dark years ends up in a plane crash loaded with mangoes; the ripe mangoes explode and consume the top brass along with foreign VIPs in C 130 back from Bahawalpur. The reasons need not to be dealt with in depth, however, the regime...
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