44 Scotland Street
The novel tells the story of Pat, a student on her second gap year and a source of some worry to her parents, who is accepted as a new tenant at 44 Scotland Street in Edinburgh's New Town, and her various roommates and neighbours. Smith followed the original serial novel with another series set...
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The novel tells the story of Pat, a student on her second gap year and a source of some worry to her parents, who is accepted as a new tenant at 44 Scotland Street in Edinburgh's New Town, and her various roommates and neighbours.
Smith followed the original serial novel with another series set in Edinburgh, The Sunday Philosophy Club Series. The story of the characters in 44 Scotland Street is continued in his serialized novel Espresso Tales.
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Format: papier
ISBN:
9780349118970
Publish date: 2005 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Abacus
Pages no: 326
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Humor,
Funny,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Scotland,
Fiction
Aargh! I typed out a review and it obviously didn't save - darn you, Goodreads app!Anyway, 3.5 stars, blah blah, pleasantly surprised, blah blah, will read more in the series. Bah!
Made me want to go to Edinburgh! Unlike the Number 1 Ladies' Detective series, this series of books aren't mysteries at all. But that's OK. No one reads McCall Smith to find out "who dunnit." This book was written in short segments that were serialized in a Scottish newspaper, so it's perfect for re...
Im glad I persevered... but by the time I got to the end, my initial impressions seem to have been confirmed.
Own HB but back away in horror at it. Will Auntie save the day?hah!A dramatisation of Alexander McCall Smith's acclaimed series based on the residents of a fictitious tenement building in a real Edinburgh New Town street, inspired by Maupin's Tales of The City.Blurb - Anthropologist Domenica MacDona...
There's really not a lot I can say about this. It was a vaguely entertaining, vaguely amusing read. I wouldn't rule out reading more Alexander McCall Smith but I certainly won't be rushing out to buy the others.
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