{"product_id":"hot-water-man-paperback","title":"Hot Water Man - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah Moggach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wincingly funny. . . An ambitious book showing Asia through British and American eyes\" from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1975, an English couple arrives in Karachi, Pakistan. Donald Manley, of Cameron Chemicals, has taken a job as the local sales manager. In Karachi, he hopes to follow in the footsteps of his beloved grandfather, who served there during the war. Donald's wife, Christine, is banking on a change of scenery to help restart their marriage--and their ability to conceive. At the airport, their paths cross with American Duke Hanson, who is seeing his wife off. She's returning to Kansas, while he's staying on to oversee the development of a hotel project. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the stifling heat and dusty, teeming streets, each one of these visitors will face their own crises: Donald, a devastating family secret; Christine, lead astray by her well-intentioned efforts to embrace the culture and start a family; Duke, both professional and personal temptations to his no-nonsense, uncorruptible image of himself. During a season of sweltering days and sultry nights, deals will be made, bonds will be broken, and the spirit of a city with one foot in the past and one in the future will take everyone by surprise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Original, perceptive and very entertaining.\" --Alison Lurie, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Entertaining, subtle and intelligent.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"No neater entertainment has emerged from the debris of our past on the sub-continent.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A piece of technical wizardry.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Deborah Moggach is an English novelist and screenwriter. She graduated from Bristol University, trained as a teacher, and then worked at Oxford University Press. In the mid-seventies, Moggach moved to Pakistan for two years, where she started composing articles for Pakistani newspapers and her first novel, \u003ci\u003eYou Must Be Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novels \u003ci\u003eThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTulip Fever\u003c\/i\u003e were adapted for film in 2011 and 2017 respectively. \u003cbr\u003e Moggach began writing screenplays in the mid-eighties. Her screenplay for an adaption of \u003ci\u003ePride \u0026amp; Prejudice \u003c\/i\u003estarring Keira Knightley received a BAFTA nomination, and she won a Writers Guild Award for her adaptation of Anne Fine's \u003ci\u003eGoggle-Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e. She has served as Chair of the Management Committee for the Society of Authors and worked for PEN's Executive Committee, as well as being a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Moggach currently lives in the Welsh Marches with her husband.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48343366074617,"sku":"9781504077552","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bz6MqzsSMa9781504077552.webp?v=1777697853","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/hot-water-man-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}