A Time of Love and Tartan - Hardcover

Book 12 of 18: 44 Scotland Street

Alexander McCall Smith

 
9781846973826: A Time of Love and Tartan
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1846973821 ISBN 13: 9781846973826
Publisher: Polygon (An Imprint of Birlinn Limited), 2017

Synopsis

If only Pat Macgregor had an inkling of the embarrassment romantic, professional, even aesthetic that flowed from accepting narcissistic ex-boyfriend Bruce Anderson's invitation for coffee, she would never have said yes. And if only Matthew, her boss at the art gallery, hadn't wandered into his local bookshop and picked up a particular book at a particular time, he would never have knocked over his former English teacher or attracted the attentions of the police.

Whether caused by small things such as a cup of coffee and a book, or major events such as Stuart's application for promotion and his wife Irene's decision to go off and study for a PhD in Aberdeen, change is coming to serial fiction's favourite street. But for three seven-year-old boys Bertie Pollock, Ranald Braveheart Macpherson, and Big Lou's foster son Finlay - it also means a getting a glimpse of perfect happiness.

Alexander McCall Smith's delightfully witty, wise and sometimes surreal comedy spirals out to include tennis-playing Rwandan Forest People, researches into levitating Celtic saints, bogus headhunters in Papua New Guinea and primary school performances of Beckett. But its heart remains where it has always been true to life, love and laughter in Edinburgh's New Town.

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About the Author

Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world's most prolific and most popular authors. After the publication of his highly successful No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, which has sold over twenty-five million copies, he devoted his time to the writing of fiction and has seen his various series of books translated into over forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world. These include the 44 Scotland Street novels, first published as a serial novel in the Scotsman, the Isabel Dalhousie novels, the Von Igelfeld series and the Corduroy Mansions novels.

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Publisher
Polygon (An Imprint of Birlinn Limited)
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1846973821
ISBN 13 
9781846973826
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
256

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