The language here is beautiful, but sometimes goes too far. The plot leaves something to be desired. Hard to figure out what's going on sometimes. Didn't really care for any of the characters except Kip, the Indian bomb-dismantler. Otherwise, there's Hana, the "troubled Canadian nurse," Caravaggio, the Canadian thief, and the titular English Patient. Kip was such an interesting character, yet the book basically pointed at him in a token minority type way? The weird sexual overtones with the young girl and three men (one of whom is like an "Uncle") were a little too much for me. Shame because I enjoyed "Running in the Family."