Topic: Alexander Mccall Smith

Writers unite for crime thriller "No Rest For the Dead"

LONDON (Reuters) - In what its editor called a publishing first, 26 authors with combined sales of tens of millions of books have joined forces to write a single thriller called "No Rest For the Dead."Andrew Gulli, who runs Strand Magazine specializing ...
Angel Tungaraza and her husband have moved from Tanzania to Rwanda because more money can be earned there. Mr Tungaraza works as a Special Consultant at the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, Angel works from home; she bakes cakes on order ...
'The Unbearable Lightness of Scones', by Alexander McCall Smith is the most recent book in the '44 Scotland Street' series, with the previous books in the series being '44 Scotland Street' (2005), 'Espresso Tales' (2005), 'Love over Scotland' (2006), and 'The World ...
Tears of the Giraffe is the second book in the series which began with the highly-acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies? Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. This novel continues with more from the world of Mma Ramotswe in Botswana, Africa and its ...
Alexander McCall Smith, clearly encouraged by the success of his Edinburgh episodic novel " 44 Scotland Street" has now - quite fittingly, considering Dickensian origins of the whole daily novel exercise - moved down South to London. "Corduroy Mansions", just like "44 Scotland Street" did ...

How to Find a Cheerful Lady

Africa is a beautiful continent, full of beautiful peoples of many nations. Mma Ramotswe spends a luxurious free Saturday afternoon at her favorite outdoor caf? near the pedestrian mall and commercial hub of Gaborone. Mma Ramotswe attempts to balance this seemingly daily ...
IsabelDalhousie the No.1 Edinburgh philosopherIsabel Dalhousie is the Scottishcounterpart of Africa?s No.1 Ladies Detective Precious Ramotswe, and theamateur sleuth at the heart of The Sunday Philosophy Club series of novels fromthe author Alexander McCall Smith.Isabel Dalhousie is in ...
Fans of Alexander McCall Smith's No 1 Ladies Detective Agency books featuring Mma Precious Ramotswe, and the adapted television series starring Jill Scott, will already feel like they know the Botswana capital of Gaborone. It is fair to say Gaborone does ...

Literary Fiction Somewhat Defined

There are two kinds of fiction: With literary fiction, however, readers usually have to work a bit (often a lot) harder to understand the point. We figure it out by watching his actions, analyzing the political workings that continually creep up in ...
The Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency is a book written by Alexander McCall Smith, published in 1998. Her popularity as a character has led to five sequels to the first charming book, and Smith is contracted to write two more.McCall Smith ...