44 Scotland Street, Alexander McCall Smith
44 Scotland Street, Alexander McCall Smith
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44 Scotland Street

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Narrator: Robert Ian Mackenzie

Unabridged: 11 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/19/2005

Synopsis

Welcome to 44 Scotland Street, home to some of Edinburgh's most colorful characters. There's Pat, a twenty-year-old who has recently moved into a flat with Bruce, an athletic young man with a keen awareness of his own appearance. Their neighbor, Domenica, is an eccentric and insightful widow. In the flat below are Irene and her appealing son Bertie, who is the victim of his mother's desire for him to learn the saxophone and italian-all at the tender age of five. Love triangles, a lost painting, intriguing new friends, and an encounter with a famous Scottish crime writer are just a few of the ingredients that add to this delightful and witty portrait of Edinburgh society, which was first published as a serial in The Scotsman newspaper.

About Alexander McCall Smith

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. He was knighted by the King in 2024.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on July 17, 2008

Sixty pages into this book, I stopped and looked at the back of it. What was it about again? Did the same thing sixty pages later. When I finally closed the back cover, I realized that this is a book about nothing. It's Seinfeld in Edinburgh. McCall Smith did this serial novel for The Scotsman newspa......more

Goodreads review by Donna on October 03, 2007

I've just finished this book, and I'm absolutely enchanted with it. The title of the last chapter sums it up: "Gain, Loss, Friendship, Love." What more could one ask? 44 Scotland Street is a gentle book, like murmured conversation about fascinating things. The characters are more real than many peopl......more

Goodreads review by Phyllis on September 25, 2011

I wish I'd known before purchasing this for my kindle that it was originally published as a daily!! newspaper serial. Being prolific obviously comes easily to McCall, and he accepted this challenge with no second thoughts (comparing himself to Dickens!) whose novels were also originally published as......more

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