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{{Infobox book
| title = The English Patient
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| author = Michael Ondaatje
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| genre = Historiographic metafiction
| publication date = September 1992
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{{quote|''All I desired was to walk upon such an earth that had no maps.''|
Made into [[The Film of the Book|a 1996 movie]] directed by Anthony Minghella. It cast
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* [[A Father to His Men]]: Lord Suffolk. Especially for Kip.▼
* [[Anachronic Order]]
* [[Battleaxe Nurse]]: In Caravaggio's interrogation scene.
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* [[Dead Little Sister]]: Hana's father and Lord Suffolk.
* [[During the War]]
▲* [[A Father to His Men]]: Lord Suffolk. Especially for Kip.
* [[The Film of the Book]]▼
* [[Geeky Turn On]]: The Patient realizes he's attracted to Katharine when she reads aloud from [[
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Kip, towards the end, when he learns about {{spoiler|the bombing of Hiroshima}}. Hana and Kip have slightly toned-down versions in their backstories as well.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: The Cliftons, Almasy.
* [[Ho Yay]]: The Patient's description of the young Bedouin boy; more subtly, his relationship with Geoffrey Clifton.
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* [[Malevolent Architecture]]: The Villa, in a [[Justified Trope|justified]] example; the retreating Nazis [[Booby Trap|booby trapped]] every place they could.
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse|Murder The Hypotenuse And The Legs]]: Geoffrey Clifton's solution to the love triangle: attempt to take out the Patient, kamikaze-style, [[If I Can't Have You|with Katharine aboard the plane]].
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: In-story; "David Caravaggio" is implied to be a pseudonym, which he [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]], mentioning Caravaggio's painting [
* [[Shell Shocked Veteran]]: Most of the characters, in one way or another, especially Hana and Kip.▼
* [[Slipknot Ponytail]]: Done with Kip's topknot.▼
▲* [[The Film of the Book]]
* [[The Power of Love]]: One of the recurring themes is the ability of love to transcend national boundaries in wartime. The result [[Love Makes You Crazy|isn't always pretty]].
▲* [[Shell
▲* [[Slipknot Ponytail]]: Done with Kip's topknot.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: The Patient, arguably, once we learn that {{spoiler|his rejection of national ties led him to help German spies across the desert}}. Not to mention the unrepentant wrecking of the Cliftons' marriage (though [[Misaimed Fandom|some people]] would agree with his behavior there).
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: A very brief one showing {{spoiler|that Kip is now a doctor, married with children in India; he still thinks of Hana}}.
* [[Wire Dilemma]]: Part and parcel of Kip's work as a sapper; most prominently when defusing the bomb in the villa courtyard.
* [[World War Two]]
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