From the author of CLOSE RELATIONS, SEESAW and THE STAND-IN, a title which tells of a couple who journey to Karachi for differing reasons.
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"Wincingly funny.a tragicomedy of manners and errors. An ambitious book showing Asia through British and American eyes - compassionate, but never sloppy, it notes the flaws and frailties of East and West without mockery" (Daily Mail )
"Entertaining, subtle and intelligent" (Sunday Telegraph )
"Thank God for Deborah Moggach" (Independent )
"No neater entertainment has emerged from the debris of our past on the sub-continent" (Guardian )
"A piece of technical wizardry" (Daily Telegraph ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
"Entertaining, subtle and intelligent" (Sunday Telegraph )
"Thank God for Deborah Moggach" (Independent )
"No neater entertainment has emerged from the debris of our past on the sub-continent" (Guardian )
"A piece of technical wizardry" (Daily Telegraph ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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From the bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, comes a story of West meets East in Karachi. (20040927)
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By Lady Fancifull
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Deborah Moggach has written some cracking books, most notably Tulip Fever. Hot Water man is a curiosity, which never quite works. The title refers to a possible holy man, helpful to women with fertility problems.
I surmise that with this book Moggach is trying to cover some similar territory to books like 'A Passage to India', though for Pakistan. It is set shortly post 70's feminism and consciousness raising, and examines an English couple who come to Karachi, and various encounters.Donald has a history with Pakistan via a grandfather who was part of that British Empire time, before Partition. Christine has been influenced by 70's feminism - enough to feel discontented, but not enough to find her own identity. She wants to capture an experience of 'real Pakistan' but in fact assimilates less than the more conventional, colonial, Donald. Duke is an American Man seeking to bring a tourist industry to Pakistan, who embarks on a rather improbable relationship with a sophisticated, Westernised Pakistani woman. Donald discovers shocking things about his grandfather, and is disabused of hero-worship. Christine fails to understand or be accepted by 'ordinary Pakistanis' and struggles in her marriage. All three central characters have dramatic, cataclysmic experiences which challenge and change them. However, the experiences are somehow not quite believable.... Read more ›
I surmise that with this book Moggach is trying to cover some similar territory to books like 'A Passage to India', though for Pakistan. It is set shortly post 70's feminism and consciousness raising, and examines an English couple who come to Karachi, and various encounters.Donald has a history with Pakistan via a grandfather who was part of that British Empire time, before Partition. Christine has been influenced by 70's feminism - enough to feel discontented, but not enough to find her own identity. She wants to capture an experience of 'real Pakistan' but in fact assimilates less than the more conventional, colonial, Donald. Duke is an American Man seeking to bring a tourist industry to Pakistan, who embarks on a rather improbable relationship with a sophisticated, Westernised Pakistani woman. Donald discovers shocking things about his grandfather, and is disabused of hero-worship. Christine fails to understand or be accepted by 'ordinary Pakistanis' and struggles in her marriage. All three central characters have dramatic, cataclysmic experiences which challenge and change them. However, the experiences are somehow not quite believable.... Read more ›
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A very evocative and descriptive story of Christine as she accompanies her husband Donald to Karachi. We follow her attempts to find the "real" Pakistan and how she gets into trouble. Donald on the other hand attempts to find out about his Grandfather who served there. What he finds completely shocks him and changes his view of his grandfather. Christine meanwhile searches for the shrine of "The Hot Water Man" in her attempt to become pregnant. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and could not put it down.
By Jane
Format:Paperback
Having had a couple of stints of living as an expatriate in southern Pakistan I was impressed that Moggoch could capture some of the subcontinent's mysteriousness. Karachi is a part of the world where materialism and concrete can feel overwhelming. This novel, though, finds some of the old traditions to balance the ugly modernity and the narrative swept me along enjoyably. This book is nowhere near as funny as some of her other work though and I wonder whether some of the characters could have been fleshed out a bit more.
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