The Full Cupboard of Life (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Alexander McCall Smith
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1999, or a few years later
- Setting: Gaborone, Botswana
- Principal Characters: Mma Precious Ramotswe, Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni, Mma Makutsi, Mma Silvia Potokwane, Mma Holonga, Mr. Mopedi Bobologo, Charlie
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Twentieth century, Marriage, Manners or customs, Women, Detectives, Career women
- Locales: Botswana
With the title itself, Alexander McCall Smith's novel The Full Cupboard of Life suggests the optimism and open-heartedness that have guided its leading character, Mma Precious Ramotswe, through five books and many adventures. The novel is set in Botswana, a stable but poor country in Central Africa, where the characters drink bush tea and eat pumpkin (with a little butter if they can afford it), maintain their wealth in cattle, and appreciate a woman of traditional build. For readers in the industrialized world, the wonder of Mma Ramotswe is in how relatively little her cupboard...
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