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Title: 44 SCOTLAND STREET
By: Alexander McCall Smith
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £8.99


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ISBN 10: 0748110690
ISBN 13: 9780748110698
Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP
Pub. date: 2 October, 2008
Edition: Digital original
Series: 44 Scotland Street 1
Description: * The new novel from Alexander McCall Smith, full of his trademark humour and wisdom.
Synopsis: The story revolves around the comings and goings at No. 44 Scotland Street, a fictitious building in a real street in Edinburgh. Immediately recognisable are the Edinburgh chartered surveyor, stalwart of the Conservative Association, who dreams of membership of Scotland's most exclusive golf club. We have the pushy Stockbridge mother, and her prodigiously talented five-year-old son, who is making good progress with the saxophone and with his Italian. Then there is Domenica Macdonald who is that type of Edinburgh lady who sees herself as a citizen of a broader intellectual world.In McCall Smith's hands such characters retain charm and novelty, simultaneously arousing both mirth and empathy. 44 Scotland Street is vintage McCall Smith, tackling issues of trust and honesty, snobbery and hypocrisy, love and loss, but all with great lightness of touch. Clever, elegant and funny, this is a novel that provides huge entertainment but which is underpinned by the moral dilemmas of everyday life and the characters' struggles to resolve them.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Abacus
Returns: Non-returnable
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AMICI, AMANTI, CIOCCOLATO (PB)
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BERTIE PLAYS THE BLUES (CD)
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BERTIE PROJECT
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BERTIE'S GUIDE TO LIFE AND MOTHERS
BERTIE'S GUIDE TO LIFE AND MOTHERS
BERTIE'S GUIDE TO LIFE AND MOTHERS (AUD)
BERTIE'S GUIDE TO LIFE AND MOTHERS (CD)
BERTIE'S GUIDE TO LIFE AND MOTHERS (CD)
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BETTER THAN FICTION
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BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS
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BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS (AUD)
BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS (CD)
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BOING BOING
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CALCULATOR ANNIE (PB)
CAPITAL CARICATURES (HB)
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CHANCE DEVELOPMENTS
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CLICKO (HB)
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CONDITIONS OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE (HB)
CONFERENCE AT COLD COMFORT FARM (PB)
CONTES AFRICAINS (PB)
CORDUROY MANSIONS
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CORDUROY MANSIONS (PB)
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DANCING SERMONS (HB)
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DISTANT VIEW OF EVERYTHING
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DOUBLE COMFORT SAFARI CLUB (PB)
DREAM ANGUS
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EMMA
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ESPRESSO TALES
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ESPRESSO TALES (CD)
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EXCELLENT WOMEN
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EXCELLENT WOMEN MUG
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EXPLOSIVE ADVENTURES
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EXQUISITE ART OF GETTING EVEN
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FAMILY RIGHTS (HB)
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FATTY O'IEARY'S DINNER PARTY
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FINER POINTS OF SAUSAGE DOGS (AUD)
FORENSIC ASPECTS OF SLEEP
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FORGIVENESS PROJECT (PB)
FREDDIE MOLE, LION TAMER
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