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- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
12 May 2015
Summary
Even the arrival of her baby can’t hold Mma Makutsi back from success in the workplace, and so no sooner than she becomes a full partner in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency - in spite of Mma Ramotswe’s belated claims that she is only ‘an assistant full partner’ - she also launches a new enterprise of her own: the Handsome Man’s De Luxe Cafe. Grace Makutsi is a lady with a business plan, but who could predict temperamental chefs, drunken waiters and more? Luckily, help is at hand, from the o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349139296 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349139296 |
| Author: | Alexander McCall Smith |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 12 May 2015 |
| Weight: | 208g |
| Dimensions: | 131mm x 200mm x 17mm |
| Series: | No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency |
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There is something almost divinely appealing about the way McCall Smith writes about daily life in Botswana … it is hard to think of a contemporary writer more genuinely engaging … [his] novels are also extremely funny: I find it impossible to think about them without smiling - Mail on Sunday
Forget the library - the body is in the mud hut. An African Miss Marple created by a Scottish lawyer … superb - Sunday TimesTotally addictive - Daily MailA small slice of heaven - ScotsmanHooray - the unstobbable fiction-machine that is Mr Alexander McCall Smith has returned to the mothership … Two new clients turn up [with] a problem that will take more than one pot of Mrs Ramotswe’s redbush tea to solve, and she solves it with her trademark humanity, warmth and charm. Irresistible - The TimesAbout The Author
Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over one hundred books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. He is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the world’s longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. His books have been translated into forty-six languages. Alexander McCall Smith is Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from thirteen universities. He was knighted by the King in 2024.
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