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Love Over Scotland

by Alexander Mcc Smith

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The third installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s beloved 44 Scotland Street series is sure to delight his many fans.

This just in from Edinburgh: the complicated lives of the denizens of 44 Scotland Street are becoming no simpler. Domenica Macdonald has left for the Malacca Straits to conduct a perilous anthropological study of pirate households. Angus Lordie’s dog, Cyril, has been stolen, and is facing an uncertain future wandering the streets. Bertie, the prodigiously talented six-year-old, is still enduring psychotherapy, but his burden is lightened by a junior orchestra's trip to Paris, where he makes some interesting new friends. Back in Edinburgh, there is romance for Pat with a handsome young man called Wolf, until she begins to see the attractions of the more prosaically named Matthew.

Teeming with McCall Smith’s wonderful wit and charming depictions of Edinburgh, Love Over Scotland is another beautiful ode to a city and its people that continue to fascinate this astounding author.

Review:

"The irresistible third entry to the 44 Scotland Street series picks up with the residents of 44 Scotland Street where Espresso Tales left off and is as addictive as any book McCall Smith has written. Anthropologist Domenica has flown off to the Straits of Malacca to study modern-day pirates. Back in Edinburgh, Pat moves from 44 Scotland Street and develops a crush on fellow art student Wolf, whose strange ways hint at a darker subplot that involves Pat's flatmate. Pat moves in with gallery owner Matthew, who struggles with both a sudden fortune and a yearning for Pat. Meanwhile, child prodigy saxophonist Bertie becomes a reluctant member of the Edinburgh Teenage Orchestra at age six and later, on a trip to Paris, finds himself wonderfully unsupervised. Poet/portrait painter Angus is tormented by the theft of his beloved dog Cyrus. The proceedings sparkle with McCall Smith's trademark wit ('It was not always fun being a child, just as it had not always been fun being a medieval Scottish saint'), proving once again, he's a true treasure. Illustrations by Iain McIntosh enliven the text." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

Synopsis:

From the bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series comesthe third book in his popular 44 Scotland Street series.

About the Author

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the huge international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and The Sunday Philosophy Club series. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law professor at the University of Botswana and at Edinburgh University. He lives in Scotland.

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Nancy Harris, January 2, 2008 (view all comments by Nancy Harris)
All about love in Edinborough amoungst a small group of charming and unique people including a precocious six year old musician who goes on a trip to Paris with the Edinborough Teenage Orchestra. I loved this book!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780307275981
Author:
Smith, Alexander Mcc
Publisher:
Anchor Books
Illustrator:
McIntosh, Iain
Author:
McCall Smith, Alexander
Author:
Smith, Alexander McCall
Author:
Smith, Alexander McCall
Subject:
General
Subject:
Apartment houses
Subject:
Edinburgh (scotland)
Edition Description:
Anchor Books
Publication Date:
November 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
, Y
Pages:
357
Dimensions:
8.10x5.21x.79 in. .58 lbs.

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