44 Scotland Street
Looks at the tenants of 44 Scotland Street, home to some of Edinburgh's most colourful characters.
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- ISBN: 0676977243
- Physical Description x, 325 pages : illustrations, map
- Edition Vintage Canada ed.
- Publisher Toronto : Vintage Canada, 2005.
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General Note: | "This book is excerpted from a series that originally appeared in the Scotsman newspaper"--T.p. verso. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 21.00 |
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44 Scotland Street : A 44 Scotland Street Novel (1)
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Summary
44 Scotland Street : A 44 Scotland Street Novel (1)
Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith brings all the warmth of his extraordinary No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books and the Sunday Philosophy Club series to this witty novel chronicling the lives of the residents of 44 Scotland Street in Edinburgh. Originally serialized in The Scotsman , 44 Scotland Street is an international sensation. When twenty-year-old Pat rents a room from handsome and cocky Bruce, she inherits some delightfully colourful neighbours: Domenica, an insightful and eccentric widow; Bertie, a five-year-old who's mastered both saxophone and Italian; and Irene, his overbearing mother. Pat's new job at a gallery seems easy enough. Her boss spends most of his time drinking coffee in a local café and discussing matters great and small, and Pat's duties are light. That is until she realizes that one of their paintings may be an undiscovered work of a renowned Scottish artist and she discovers that one of their customers may be in on the secret. Add to this a fancy ball, love triangles and an encounter with a famous crime writer, and you have Alexander McCall Smith's entertaining and humorous portrait of Edinburgh society.