Currently reading
The Complete Novels of George Orwell
Ein perfekter Freund: Roman
The Brothers Karamazov
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power
A Case of Exploding Mangoes
I kind of really liked this book. At the beginning it was all satire and little (interesting) story, but this got balanced better over the subsequent chapters.I liked the pace of the book, and the fact that the main, first person character knows so much that is not revealed to the reader, but only merely hinted at.
By the end of the book, I was surprised to find myself even feeling hooked to the story getting excited and thrilled by what was going on.
The insights you get in Pakistan during the reign of general Zia, and of course in the life of the general and his surroundings is really nice. One must beware of the line between fact and fiction which is often crossed in all directions with total disregard of the concept itself. :-)
