Blue Shoes and Happiness: The New Novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series - Hardcover

McCall Smith, Alexander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375422722 ISBN 13: 9780375422720

Verlag: Pantheon Books, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 227 pages; Description: 227 p. ; 22 cm. Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. Summary: In this latest installment in the internationally best-selling, universally beloved series, there is considerable excitement at The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. A cobra has been found in Precious Ramotswe's office. Then a nurse from a local medical clinic reveals that faulty blood-pressure readings are being recorded there. And Botswana has a new advice columnist, Aunty Emang, whose advice is rather curt for Mma Ramotswe's taste. All this means a lot of work for our heroine and her inestimable assistant, Grace Makutsi, and they are, of course, up to the challenge. But there's trouble brewing in Mma Makutsi's own life. When Phuti Radiphuti misses their customary dinner date, she begins to wonder if he is having second thoughts about their engagement. And while Mma Makutsi may be able to buy that fashionably narrow (and uncomfortable) pair of blue shoes, it may not buy her the happiness that Mma Ramotswe promises her she'll find in the simpler things-in contentment with the world and enough tea to smooth over the occasional bumps in the road

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"The No. 1 Ladies' Detec-tive Agency series is a literary confection of gossamer deliciousness . . . There is no end to the pleasure that may be extracted from these books."
--Janet Malcolm, The New York Times Book Review

"The best, most charming, honest, hilarious, and life-affirming books to appear in years."
--The Plain Dealer

"Beguiling, lyrical . . . Blessed with McCall Smith's richly detailed portraits of life in Africa and his flair for storytelling with an engaging cast of fully realized characters."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Enthralling . . . [Mma Ramotswe] is someone readers can't help but love."
--USA Today

"Sweet, soothing, [and] abundant in folk wisdom . . . These novels are poultices, valued for their healing properties. [They have] a contagious warmth."
--The New York Times

"Thoroughly original . . . Vivid, affectionately rendered details of everyday Botswana life . . . A pleasure."
--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Reseña del editor

Precious Ramotswe and her able assistant, Grace Makutsi, launch an investigation into local advice columnist Aunty Emang, who somehow may be linked to trouble at a local medical clinic and the cobra that somehow ended up in Precious's office, while Grace confronts her own troubles with her greedy uncles and her wealthy fiancé, Phuti Radiphuti. 250,000 first printing.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pantheon Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0375422722
• ISBN 13: 9780375422720
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240