A Washington Post, Rocky Mountain News, Boston Globe Best Book of the Year

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 05/05/2009
ISBN: 9780307388186
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.80d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 07/12/2009 pg. 20
Commonweal 06/18/2010 pg. 24