Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif
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.
Belly-laugh-inducingSam 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 *
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 *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099516750 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099516756 |
| Title | Our Lady of Alice Bhatti |
| Author | Mohammed Hanif |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for DSC South Asian Literature Prize 2013 (UK) |
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