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The Sunday Philosophy Club

by Alexander McCall Smith

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Publisher Comments:

Amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher who uses her training to solve unusual mysteries. She edits the Review of Applied Ethics - addressing such questions as 'Truth telling in sexual relationships' - & she also hosts The Sunday Philosophy Club at her house in Edinburgh. Behind the city's Georgian facades its moral compasses are spinning with greed, dishonesty & murderous intent. Instinct tells Isabel that the young man who tumbled to his death in front of her eyes at a concertl didn't fall. He was pushed. The Sunday Philosophy Club marks new territory - but familiar moral ground - from the author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. With Isabel Dalhousie Alexander Mccall Smith introduces a new & pneumatic female sleuth to tackle murder, mayhem & the mysteries of life. As her hero WH Auden maintained, classic detective fiction stems from a desire for an uncorrupted Eden which the detective, as an agent of God, can return to us. But then Isabel, being a philosopher, has a thing or two to say about God as well.

Synopsis:

'The Sunday Philosophy Club' marks new territory - but familiar moral ground - from the author of 'The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency'. With Isabel Dalhousie Alexander Mccall Smith introduces a new and pneumatic female sleuth to tackle murder, mayhem - and the mysteries of life. Key title for Christmas catalogues.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780316728171
Author:
Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher:
TIME WARNER BOOKS
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Copyright:
Publication Date:
20040902
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
220 x 135 in.

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