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Rebel English Academy : a novel / Mohammed Hanif.
Van Pelt - New Book Display PR6108.A55 R426 2026
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hanif, Mohammed, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Politicians--Fiction.
- Politicians.
- Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali, 1928-1979--Fiction.
- Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali.
- Executions and executioners--Fiction.
- Executions and executioners.
- Pakistan--Politics and government--1971-1988--Fiction.
- Pakistan.
- Schools--Fiction.
- Schools.
- Secrecy--Fiction.
- Secrecy.
- Dissenters--Fiction.
- Dissenters.
- Nineteen seventies--Fiction.
- Nineteen seventies.
- Pakistan--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Novels
- Novels.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 309 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Grove Atlantic US hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2026.
- Summary:
- "From the brilliant Booker-longlisted Mohammed Hanif comes a lively, rich novel about the power of language, friendship, and protest in the face of political turmoil. When Pakistan's first elected Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is hanged, the people of OK Town refuse to believe he is dead and fight to bring him back. In the heart of the city, Sir Baghi is surprised by a knock at the door of the Rebel English Academy, his tuition center that offers affordable English lessons. An unexpected visitor, Sabiha, seeks refuge at the Academy, her husband has just died in a house fire, and she is suspected of killing him, although she insists she only ran away from a burning building. Baghi encourages Sabiha to write, and a lifetime of secrets begin to unspool on the page. Meanwhile Captain Gul, who botched his hanging duty, has been banished to OK Town, where he aims to squash the protestors wanting to bring Bhutto back from the dead. But his duties and romantic desires begin to overlap, and his already-dubious power is threatened. In Rebel English Academy, Pakistan is struggling under martial law after the execution of its former leader. Mohammed Hanif has constructed a vibrant cast of interconnected characters that face this changing landscape with violence, passion, and sharp humor. Wry, searing, and deeply relevant, Rebel English Academy is a triumphant new novel about political power, religion, education, sexuality, and perpetual dissent"-- Provided by publisher.
- Other Format:
- Online version Hanif, Mohammed Rebel English Academy
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780802165985
- 0802165982
- OCLC:
- 1520215272
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000310284
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