Alexander McCall Smith | Love over Scotland
- Alexander McCall Smith | Love over Scotland
He’s brought us a sleuth from Botswana, a Scottish-American moral philosopher and an eccentric German professor who conjugates irregular Portuguese verbs. Now Alexander McCall Smith returns home to Scotland again for this irresistible tale revolving around residents of an Edinburgh apartment building . . . Smith has rendered another winner, packed with the charming characters, piercing perceptions and shrewd yet gentle humor that have become his cachet’ – Chicago Sun-Times'[44 Scotland Street] does for Edinburgh what Maupin did for San Francisco: it seeks to capture the city’s rhythms by focusing on a small, emblematic corner . . . A light-hearted, genial soap opera’ – Financial Times Magazine'A joyous, charming portrait of city life and human foibles, which moves beyond its setting to deal with deep moral issues and love, desire and friendship. Without resorting to clichéd cliff-hangers, McCall Smith has mastered the short, episodic chapter’ – Melissa McClemments, Sunday Express