The Dog Who Came In From The Cold (Corduroy Mansions) - Softcover

McCall Smith, Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0349123217 ISBN 13: 9780349123219

Publisher: Abacus, 2011

Synopsis

In the genteel environs of Corduroy Mansions, Pimlico, strange doings are afoot, mostly in the name of love. Lonely William French and his faithful canine Freddie are recruited to the service of MI6 by a beguiling lady operative, William's neighbour Caroline finds her suitor James mysteriously lacking, and Barbara Ragg is tempted to the Highlands by blossoming romance. Meanwhile sage psychiatrist Berthea Snark, under normal circumstances the voice of reason, finds herself called away to protect her brother from a band of scheming New Age fraudsters seeking to insert themselves into the bosom of the family.

Hilarious and affectionate, The Dog Who Came In from the Cold rejoins Alexander McCall Smith's delightful London tribe of loveable misfits and hopefuls in a new set of adventures in life, love and philosophy.

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Review:

Praise for CORDUROY MANSIONS

"A new cast of characters to love . . . McCall Smith is a writer of such fond, heartfelt geniality that at the end of this cozy read, fans will be grateful that the series has just begun."
--"Entertainment Weekly", "A-"

"McCall Smith cooks up a delicious story that seems part Restoration comedy and part Victorian novel, tossed with a dash of mystery and a dollop of satire. Corduroy Mansions is like the cloth of its title--comfortable, easy, homey."
--"The Washington Post"

"[Here is a] wonderful world of realistic characters getting up to real mischief in McCall Smith's velvety prose and vivid imagination."
"--USA Today"

"Whimsical . . . McCall Smith specializes in subplots that punctuate the book like polka dots, relying on his considerable literary skills to link them into a merry pattern of human events."
"--The Washington Times"

Praise for CORDUROY MANSIONS
"A new cast of characters to love . . . McCall Smith is a writer of such fond, heartfelt geniality that at the end of this cozy read, fans will be grateful that the series has just begun."
--"Entertainment Weekly," "A-"
"McCall Smith cooks up a delicious story that seems part Restoration comedy and part Victorian novel, tossed with a dash of mystery and a dollop of satire. Corduroy Mansions is like the cloth of its title--comfortable, easy, homey."
--"The Washington Post"
"[Here is a] wonderful world of realistic characters getting up to real mischief in McCall Smith's velvety prose and vivid imagination."
"--USA Today"
"Whimsical . . . McCall Smith specializes in subplots that punctuate the book like polka dots, relying on his considerable literary skills to link them into a merry pattern of human events."
"--The Washington Times"

Praise for CORDUROY MANSIONS
A new cast of characters to love . . . McCall Smith is a writer of such fond, heartfelt geniality that at the end of this cozy read, fans will be grateful that the series has just begun.
"Entertainment Weekly," A
McCall Smith cooks up a delicious story that seems part Restoration comedy and part Victorian novel, tossed with a dash of mystery and a dollop of satire. Corduroy Mansions is like the cloth of its title comfortable, easy, homey.
"The Washington Post"
[Here is a] wonderful world of realistic characters getting up to real mischief in McCall Smith s velvety prose and vivid imagination.
" USA Today"
Whimsical . . . McCall Smith specializes in subplots that punctuate the book like polka dots, relying on his considerable literary skills to link them into a merry pattern of human events.
" The Washington Times""

Praise for CORDUROY MANSIONS
A new cast of characters to love . . . McCall Smith is a writer of such fond, heartfelt geniality that at the end of this cozy read, fans will be grateful that the series has just begun.
Entertainment Weekly, A
McCall Smith cooks up a delicious story that seems part Restoration comedy and part Victorian novel, tossed with a dash of mystery and a dollop of satire. Corduroy Mansions is like the cloth of its title comfortable, easy, homey.
The Washington Post
[Here is a] wonderful world of realistic characters getting up to real mischief in McCall Smith s velvety prose and vivid imagination.
USA Today
Whimsical . . . McCall Smith specializes in subplots that punctuate the book like polka dots, relying on his considerable literary skills to link them into a merry pattern of human events.
The Washington Times"

Book Description:

Second novel in he new London-based series from Alexander McCall Smith, comparable in warmth and humour to 44 Scotland Street

About this edition

• Publisher: Abacus
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0349123217
• ISBN 13: 9780349123219
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352