For Alice Bhatti, a job as Replacement Junior Nurse at the stench-ridden Sacred Heart Hospital for all ailments is a welcome respite after doing time at the Borstal Jail. A chance encounter with Teddy Butt, ex-bodybuilder and member of the nefarious Gentleman's Squad of police, ends in an unlikely romance between the two. But being a Catholic choohra in an Islamic world comes with its fair share of prejudices. Repeatedly ostracized on account of her gender and trapped by the caste system, Alice must resist stereotypes and find grace amidst increasing intolerance. Set in modern-day Karachi, Pakistan, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti is rambunctious, defiant and uncompromising. Darkly humorous and written in the author's trademark satirical style, it captures a nation in bedlam and reaffirms Hanif's reputation as one of the most distinctive voices from the Subcontinent.

Mohammed Hanif (born November 1964 in Okara, Pakistan) is a British Pakistani writer and journalist who writes a monthly opinion piecein The New York Times.
Hanif is the author of the critically acclaimed book A Case of Exploding Mangoes, which was long-listed for the Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, and won the Commonwealth Prize for Best Book His second book, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti, won the Wellcome Book Prize. He also worked as a correspondent for the BBC News based in Karachi and was the writer for its acclaimed drama and the feature film, The Long Night He work has been published by The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph The New Yorker and The Washington Post. His play The Dictator's Wife has been staged at the Hampstead Theatre.