Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over one hundred books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the world's longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. His books have been translated into forty-six languages. Alexander McCall Smith is Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from thirteen universities.
Blake may have been able to see the world in a grain of sand, but
McCall Smith can encapsulate the human condition in a plate of
stewed pumpkin. His talent is to see the god in small things
*Sunday Times Scotland*
Nothing will dim the charm of McCall Smith's series, with its
portraits of goodness, its sorrow over greed and its profound love
of Africa. They are among the greatest comfort-reads of all time,
written in plain, elegant prose
*Sunday Times*
The hypnotic ease of McCall Smith's style makes everything clear
almost instantly . . . Throughout the Botswana landscape is richly
evoked. Happiness and quiet wisdom prevail
*Daily Telegraph*
Everything about [McCall Smith] is appealing. He's just full of
delight - it just bubbles out of him
*Sunday Herald*
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