Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

Mohammed Hanif

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English

Arrow
03 December 2012

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

'A tragicomedy of Shakespearean proportions' - Time Out

From the author of the award-winning, critically-acclaimed debut, A Case of Exploding Mangoes.

The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments in Karachi are looking for a miracle. Junior nurse, ex-prisoner and part-time healer Alice Bhatti is looking for a job.

With guidance from the working nurse's manual, and some tricks she picked up in prison, Alice starts work at the crowded hospital bringing help to the thousands of patients littering the corridors.

But her new life isn't easy and on top of everything else Alice impulsively falls for optimist and loveable good Teddy Butt - a ragtag law enforcement officer by night and a bodybuilder by day.

Can Alice and Teddy live happily ever after? Will the hospital accept her unorthodox ways? It all seems unlikely, but then Alice Bhatti is no ordinary nurse and this is downtown Karachi where the unusual is ordinary ...

By: Mohammed Hanif
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 171g
ISBN: 9780099516750
ISBN 10: 0099516756
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 03 December 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mohammed Hanif was born in Okara, Pakistan, in 1965. He graduated from Pakistan Air Force Academy as Pilot Officer, but subsequently left to pursue a career in journalism. He has written plays for the stage and BBC radio, and his film The Long Night has been shown at film festivals around the world. His first novel, A Case of Exploding Mangoes won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Novel in 2008.

Reviews for Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

Belly-laugh-inducing. Sam Lypsyte funny. Faulty-Towers funny.The silliness is anarchic and profound.a ripping story and a rowdy piece of art New York Times Relentlessly readable Guardian Alice Bhatti's Karachi is so alive with sensations that you can smell the sewers, hear the screeching of tyres, and feel the humidity Scotsman Superbly witty The Times An amusingly anarchic tale of Karachi life Lady