No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency #05: Full Cupboard of Life, The

No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency #05: Full Cupboard of Life, The
Alexander McCall Smith
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1 Jul 2004 UK
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9780349117256
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Mma Ramotswe, who became engaged to Mr J. L. B. Matekoni at the end of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, remains unmarried. She wonders when a day for the wedding will he named, but is anxious to avoid putting too much pressure on her fiance. For indeed he has other things on his mind - notably a frightening request made of him by Mma Potokwani, pushy matron of the Orphan Farm. Mma Ramotswe herself has weighty matters to consider. She has been approached by a wealthy lady - whose fortune comes from successful hair-braiding salons - and has been asked to investigate several suitors. Are these men just interested in her money? This may he difficult to find out, but Mma Ramotswe is, of course, a very intuitive lady'

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'There is something almost divinely appealing about the way Alexander McCall Smith writes about daily life in Botswana...it is hard to think of a contemporary writer more genuinely engaging...(his) novels are also extremely funny: I find it impossible to think about them without smiling' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
McCall Smith is 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).
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780349117256
Published: 1 Jul 2004
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Abacus
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 126mm
Pages: 240
Dewey: 823.914

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