Espresso Tales - Brossura

McCall Smith, Alexander

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ISBN 10: 0676978193 ISBN 13: 9780676978193

Casa editrice: Vintage Canada, 2006

Riassunto

Alexander McCall Smith’s many fans will welcome the second installment in the bestselling 44 Scotland Street series.

Back are all our favourite denizens of a converted Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh. Bertie, the immensely talented six-year-old, is now enrolled in kindergarten, and much to his dismay, has been clad in pink overalls for his first day of class. Bruce has lost his job as a surveyor and, between admiring glances in the mirror, is contemplating becoming a wine merchant. Pat is embarking on a new life at Edinburgh University and perhaps on a new relationship, courtesy of Domenica, her witty and worldly-wise neighbour. In any event, he couldn’t be less suitable than her ill-fated flirtation with Bruce.

Full of McCall Smith’s gentle humour and sympathy for his characters, Espresso Tales is also an affectionate portrait of a city and its people who, in the author’s own words, “make Edinburgh one of the most vibrant and interesting places in the world.”

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Recensione:

Praise for the National Bestseller 44 Scotland Street:
“McCall Smith shows an Austen-like sensitivity to the interactions of daily life.”
—The Gazette (Montreal)

“It’s possible the novels of Alexander McCall Smith have been invented as a cunning antidote to the accelerations of modern times.”
—The Globe and Mail

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

“This soulful, sweet collection of stories will make you feel as though you live in Edinburgh, if only for a short while, and it’s a fine place to visit indeed. . . . Long live the folks on Scotland Street.”
—New Orleans Times-Picayune

L'autore:

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the huge international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and The Sunday Philosophy Club series. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law professor at the University of Botswana and at Edinburgh University. He lives in Scotland.

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• Editore: Vintage Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0676978193
• ISBN 13: 9780676978193
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368
• Disegnatore: McIntosh Iain