The Unbearable Lightness of Scones: The New 44 Scotland Street Novel - Brossura

McCall Smith, Alexander

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9780307397096: The Unbearable Lightness of Scones: The New 44 Scotland Street Novel

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ISBN 10: 0307397092 ISBN 13: 9780307397096

Casa editrice: Vintage Canada, 2010

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The witty and utterly delightful follow up to the national bestseller The World According to Bertie, this fifth instalment of the 44 Scotland Street series, McCall Smith once again brings us an absorbing and entertaining tale of some of Scotland's most quirky and beloved characters — all set in the beautiful, stoic city of Edinburgh.

The Unbearable Lightness of Scones finds Bertie, the precocious six-year-old, still troubled by his rather overbearing mother, Irene, but seeking his escape in the Cub Scouts. Matthew is rising to the challenge of married life with newfound strength and resolve, while Domenica epitomizes the loneliness of the long distance intellectual. Cyril, the gold-toothed star of the whole show, succumbs to the kind of romantic temptation that no dog can resist and creates a small problem, or rather six of them, for his friend and owner Angus Lordie.

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Praise for the 44 Scotland Street series:
"McCall Smith's confident brush picks out vivid and entertaining characters. . . . A deliciously engaging Edinburgh comedy."
— Financial Times

"Irresistible. . . . Smith has rendered another winner, packed with the charming characters, piercing perceptions and shrewd yet generous humor that have become his cachet."
— Chicago Sun-Times

"Entertaining and witty. . . . A sly sendup of society in Edinburgh."
— Orlando Sentinel

L'autore:

ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH was born in what is now Zimbabwe and taught law at the University of Botswana. He is now Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He has written more than fifty books, including a number of specialist titles, but is best known for The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, which has achieved bestseller status on four continents. In 2004 he was awarded the British Book Awards Author of the Year and the Booksellers Association Author of the Year. He lives in Scotland, where in his spare time he is a bassoonist in the RTO (Really Terrible Orchestra).

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