In Rebel English Academy, Pakistan is struggling under martial law after the execution of its former leader. Mohammed Hanif has constructed a vibrant cast of interconnected characters who face this changing landscape with violence, passion, and humor.
Hanif’s prickly new novel confirms his standing as one of south Asia’s most unnervingly funny and subversive voices ... Smart, taut and electrifying, the tale fuses slapstick and the fun of a cat-and-mouse thriller with the serious reckoning work of a state-of-the-nation novel.
Hanif's cleverly plotted fourth novel opens in 1979 at the inauspicious moment Pakistan's former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is executed on the orders of the military. ... A wildly entertaining drama brimming with opportunists.
