Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

ISBN-13: 9780099516750 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 240 str.

Mohammed Hanif

Opis

When Alice Bhatti returns to her childhood home in the French Colony, she starts work at the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments, healing the sick. She falls in love with Teddy Butt, apprentice to the nefarious Gentlemen's Squad of the Karachi police. Their love is unexpected, but the consequences are not.

Recenzje

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

O autorze

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.