num_pages: 249
description: Judged unfit to stand trial for a murder she is accused of committing many years before, the aging, notoriously crazy Mala Ramchandin is placed under the care of a vivacious male nurse who becomes her unlikely confidant. First serial, Grand Street. Tour.
language: English
title: Cereus Blooms at Night
titlecomplete: Cereus Blooms at Night
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Queer, LGBT, Canada, School, Novels, Contemporary, College, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 3195
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Scotiabank Giller Prize, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
publisher: Grove Pr