The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
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* A highly original 'detective' novel with unique setting and characters, this is the first of four 'Botswana' titles are both beautiful and charming.
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander Mccall Smith
Wayward daughters. Missing Husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you've got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only - and finest - female private detective. Her methods may not be conventional, and her manner not exactly Miss Marple, but she's got warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side, not to mention Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, the charming proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. And Precious is going to need them all as she sets out on the trail of a missing child, a case that tumbles our heroine into a hotbed of strange situations and more than a little danger . . . Delightfully different, THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY offers a captivating glimpse of an unusual world.
The Miss Marple of Botswana * New York Times Book Review *
A rare pleasure * Daily Telegraph *
A publishing phenomenon * Guardian *
I haven't read anything with such alloyed pleasure for a long time * Sunday Telegraph *
The author's prose has the merits of simplicity, euphony and precision* Anthony Daniels, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
Everything about [McCall Smith] is appealing. He's just full of delight - it just bubbles out of him * SUNDAY HERALD *
A rare pleasure * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
A publishing phenomenon * GUARDIAN *
A rare pleasure * Daily Telegraph *
A publishing phenomenon * Guardian *
I haven't read anything with such alloyed pleasure for a long time * Sunday Telegraph *
The author's prose has the merits of simplicity, euphony and precision* Anthony Daniels, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
Everything about [McCall Smith] is appealing. He's just full of delight - it just bubbles out of him * SUNDAY HERALD *
A rare pleasure * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
A publishing phenomenon * GUARDIAN *
ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH is a Professor of Medical Law, but also an author who has now written over fifty books on a wide range of subjects. His collection of African stories,CHILDREN OF WAX, received critical acclaim and has been the subject of an award-winning film.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780349119083 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349119082 |
| Title | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency |
| Author | Alexander Mccall Smith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2005-07-07 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |