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Our Lady of Alice Bhatti (2011) is a novel by Pakistani author and journalist, Mohammed Hanif.

AuthorMohammad Hanif
LanguageEnglish
GenreCultural Fiction
PublisherJonathan Cape
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Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
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AuthorMohammad Hanif
LanguageEnglish
GenreCultural Fiction
PublisherJonathan Cape
ISBN0-224-08205-1
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Plot

The story revolves around the everyday life of a Christian nurse working in a government hospital in the Pakistani city of Karachi.

The author explained that it was a love story, but some critics suggested that the novel is also a statement on the plight of religious minorities living in Pakistan.

Reception

It was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize (2012),[1] and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (2013).[2]

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