The Sunday Philosophy Club (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Alexander McCall Smith
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The early twenty-first century
- Setting: Edinburgh
- Principal Characters: Isabel Dalhousie, Cat, Toby, Jamie, Grace, Mark Fraser, Paul Hogg, Neil Macfarlane, Henrietta Duffus, John Liamor
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Women, Detectives, Death or dying, Scotland or Scottish people, Old age or elderly people, Investments or investors, Great Britain, Stock exchange, 2000’s
- Locales: Edinburgh, Scotland
Although he has written more than fifty books over a long career, Alexander McCall Smith is best known for the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective series novels featuring Precious Ramotswe, a woman of traditional build who solves mysteries in Gaborone, Botswana. The first five volumes of that series, beginning with The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (1998), sold more than five million copies and were translated into more than thirty languages. Readers were charmed by Mma Ramotswe and her gentleness, her optimism, and her affirming insights into human nature. With The Sunday...
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