In The Company Of Cheerful Ladies: The multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series...

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Alexander McCall Smith

In The Company Of Cheerful Ladies

The multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series

Alexander McCall Smith

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Abacus
01 March 2005

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Precious Ramotswe, that cheerful Botswanan private investigator of 'traditional build', is now married to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. The Agency is busy, but Mma Ramotswe cannot ignore the plea which is made by a woman who comes to her with a tale of particular misfortune. Unfortunately, her attempts to help are interrupted by a close encounter between her tiny white van and a bicycle, and by a spectacular disagreement between her assistant, Mma Makutsi, and one of the apprentices at the garage. This apprentice has found a fancy girlfriend who drives a Mercedes-Benz. How can he be rescued from his folly

And as for Mma Makutsi, she has found a dancing class, and a man who may not be able to dance very well, but who admires her greatly. And all of this happens against a background of quiet sessions of bush tea, and of a land that stretches out forever under mile upon mile of empty sky...

By: Alexander McCall Smith
Imprint: Abacus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 199mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9780349117423
ISBN 10: 034911742X
Series: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 March 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: www.alexandermccallsmith.co.uk

McCall Smith is a Professor of Medical Law as well as an author who has written over 50 books on a wide range of subjects: from Forensic Aspects of Sleep to The Criminal Law of Botswana, The Perfect Hamburger (children's fiction) to Portuguese Irregular Verbs (short stories).

Reviews for In The Company Of Cheerful Ladies: The multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series

A rare pleasure Daily Telegraph Forget the library - the body is in the mud hut. An African Miss Marple created by a Scottish lawyer ... superb Sunday Times One of the most entrancing literary treats of many a year Wall Street Journal A strong, independent, and endearing model for contemporary women anywhere ... A crowded fictional genre will have to make room for Precious Ramotswe. In the best sense possible, she's a heavyweight Boston Globe