Tears of the Giraffe: 2 (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) - Softcover

McCall Smith, Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1400031354 ISBN 13: 9781400031351

Publisher: Anchor Books, 2002

Synopsis

Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe--with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi--navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea.

Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor of the only ladies' detective agency in Botswana. In Tears of the Giraffe she tracks a wayward wife, uncovers an unscrupulous maid, and searches for an American man who disappeared into the plains many years ago. In the midst of resolving uncertainties, pondering her impending marriage to a good, kind man, Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni, and the promotion of her talented secretary (a graduate of the Botswana Secretarial College, with a mark of 97 per cent), she also finds her family suddenly and unexpectedly increased by two.

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Review

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

"The Miss Marple of Botswana." The New York Times Book Review

"Smart and sassy . . . Precious' progress is charted in passages that have the power to amuse or shock or touch the heart, sometimes all at once." Los Angeles Times

"I haven't read anything with such unalloyed pleasure for a long time." Anthony Daniels, The Sunday Telegraph

From the Publisher

Since its first publication in 1998 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' has received two Booker Judges' Special Recommendations and was voted one of the 'International Books of the Year and the Millennium' by the Times Literary Supplement.

Both 'No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency' and its sequel, 'Tears of the Giraffe', have been translated and published in German, and the film rights to both books have been sold.

About this edition

• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1400031354
• ISBN 13: 9781400031351
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240