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b" Shortlisted for the DSC Prize for Asian Literature 2013.\n\n About the Book: Our Lady of Alice Bhatti\n\n The feisty second novel from the author of the acclaimed A Case of Exploding\nMangoes\n\nFor Alice Bhatti, a job as Replacement Junior Nurse at thestench-ridden Sacred\nHeart Hospital for All Ailments is a welcomerespite after doing time at the\nBorstal Jail. A chance encounterwith Teddy Butt, ex-body builder and member of\nthe nefariousGentleman's Squad of police, ends in an unlikely romance betweenthe\ntwo.\n\nBut being a Catholic choohra in an Islamic world comes with itsfair share of\nprejudices. Repeatedly ostracized on account of hergender and trapped by the\ncaste "