2333 4da7d1de-ce80-4208-a9c8-5dcf364a732f Love Over Scotland Alexander McCall Smith calibre (9.2.1) [https://calibre-ebook.com] 2005-12-31T18:30:00+00:00 <div><p>The third installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s beloved 44 Scotland Street series is sure to delight his many fans. <br></p><p>This just in from Edinburgh: the complicated lives of the denizens of 44 Scotland Street are becoming no simpler. Domenica Macdonald has left for the Malacca Straits to conduct a perilous anthropological study of pirate households. Angus Lordie’s dog, Cyril, has been stolen, and is facing an uncertain future wandering the streets. Bertie, the prodigiously talented six-year-old, is still enduring psychotherapy, but his burden is lightened by a junior orchestra's trip to Paris, where he makes some interesting new friends. Back in Edinburgh, there is romance for Pat with a handsome young man called Wolf, until she begins to see the attractions of the more prosaically named Matthew. <br></p><p>Teeming with McCall Smith’s wonderful wit and charming depictions of Edinburgh, <em>Love Over Scotland</em> is another beautiful ode to a city and its people that continue to fascinate this astounding author.</p><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>The irresistible third entry to the 44 Scotland Street series picks up with the residents of 44 Scotland Street where <em>Espresso Tales</em> left off and is as addictive as any book McCall Smith has written. Anthropologist Domenica has flown off to the Straits of Malacca to study modern-day pirates. Back in Edinburgh, Pat moves from 44 Scotland Street and develops a crush on fellow art student Wolf, whose strange ways hint at a darker subplot that involves Pat's flatmate. Pat moves in with gallery owner Matthew, who struggles with both a sudden fortune and a yearning for Pat. Meanwhile, child prodigy saxophonist Bertie becomes a reluctant member of the Edinburgh Teenage Orchestra at age six and later, on a trip to Paris, finds himself wonderfully unsupervised. Poet/portrait painter Angus is tormented by the theft of his beloved dog Cyrus. The proceedings sparkle with McCall Smith's trademark wit (It was not always fun being a child, just as it had not always been fun being a medieval Scottish saint), proving once again, he's a true treasure. Illustrations by Iain McIntosh enliven the text. <em>(Nov.)</em> <br>Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. </p><h3>Review</h3><p>Praise for the 44 Scotland Street series:<br></p><p>“[McCall Smith] is a pro, and he delivers sharp observation, gentle satire . . . as well as the expected romantic complications. . . . [Readers will] relish McCall Smith’s depiction of this place . . . and enjoy his tolerant, good-humored company.” —<em>The New York Times Book Review</em><br></p><p>“Alexander McCall Smith once again proves himself a wry but gentle chronicler of humanity and its foibles.” —<em>The Miami Herald</em></p></div> 9780307275981 en