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SUMMARY:Mohammed Hanif in Conversation 
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DESCRIPTION:Q: What do an American pilot who’s crashed in the desert\, a 
 teenager full of money-making schemes and a dog suffering through a very
  bad day have in common? \n\nA: They all narrate the new\, hilariously f
 unny novel\, Red Birds\, by acclaimed author Mohammed Hanif (A Case of E
 xploding Mangoes). Through the inhabitants of the refugee camp Major Ell
 ie was supposed to bomb\, Mohammed looks at the absurdity of war\, speci
 fically considering the tensions between America and the Muslim world. A
 s fifteen-year-old Momo says about the Families Rehabilitation Programme
 \, ‘First they bomb us from the skies\, then they work hard to cure our 
 stress’. A journalist\, author and playwright\, Mohammed was recently aw
 arded the third-highest civilian award of Pakistan\, the Sitara-e-Imtiaz
 . \n\nThis event is in partnership with the Manchester Literature Festiv
 al\n\nTickets £7/£5\n\nTo book please visit http://ow.ly/YMXQ30lqxZG or 
 call 0843 208 0500
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Central Library\, St Peter's Square\, Manchester\, M2 5PD
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