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Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
Mohammed Hanif
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Description for Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
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.
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Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099516750
SKU
V9780099516750
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Ref
99-99
About Mohammed Hanif
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more