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Tragicomic unraveling of expatriates' facade in Karachi.

Imagine feeling the simmering heat of Karachi as you're pulled into the lives of ex-pats trying to navigate a world away from home. "Hot Water Man" uses wit and an eye for the absurd to peel back layers of social pretenses, revealing raw humanity and unexpected kinships. It's a dance of cultures and characters that any reader looking for both humor and depth would relish.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Hot Water Man

by Deborah Moggach
Save up to 51%
Compare to estimated retail price: RM103.00 MYR  

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ISBN: 9780099479796
Authors: Deborah Moggach
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date of Publication: 2006-02-06
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Feminism, Literature, Asian Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.4
(rated by 129 readers)

Description

In this tragicomedy of manners and errors, the ex-pats who have come to the alien swelter of Karachi discover that in the tangle of Anglo-Asian relations, the strangest things are revealed in the very people with whom they arrived.
 

Tragicomic unraveling of expatriates' facade in Karachi.

Imagine feeling the simmering heat of Karachi as you're pulled into the lives of ex-pats trying to navigate a world away from home. "Hot Water Man" uses wit and an eye for the absurd to peel back layers of social pretenses, revealing raw humanity and unexpected kinships. It's a dance of cultures and characters that any reader looking for both humor and depth would relish.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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