The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith - ISBN: 9780349139289
Paperback
Botswana’s No. 1 detective confronts family secrets, snakes, and salon sabotage.

The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    25 February 2014

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Summary

As Botswana awaits the familiar blessing of the rains and the resumption of the eternal cycle, seismic upheaval is taking place at the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Not only is Mr J. L. B. Matekoni attempting to reform himself into a modern husband, but after her marriage to Phuti Radiphuti, Mma Ramotswe’s challenging but irreplaceable associate Mma Makutsi has joyful news.

With the arrival of an heir to the Double Comfort furniture empire and Mma Makutsi busy with motherhood, cobra…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349139289
ISBN-10:0349139288
Author:Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:25 February 2014
Weight:197g
Dimensions:196mm x 130mm x 16mm
Series:No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
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Critics Review

Blake may have been able to see the world in a grain of sand, but McCall Smith can encapsulate the human condition in a plate of stewed pumpkin. His talent is to see the god in small things - Sunday Times Scotland

The magnificent Mma Ramotswe is a delightful original and a reminder of a calm, leisured way of life that still exists in parts of post-colonial Africa - Guardian

Unalloyed pleasure - Sunday Telegraph

A small slice of heaven - Scotsman

About The Author

Alexander McCall Smith

Following a distinguished career as a Professor of Medical Law, Alexander McCall Smith turned to writing full-time. He is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects, and his works have been translated into forty-six languages. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife.

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