Following on from the huge success of the "44 Scotland Street" series, Alexander McCall Smith has 'moved house' to a crumbling four-storey mansion in Pimlico - Corduroy Mansions. It is inhabited by a glorious assortment of characters: among them, Oedipus Snark, the first every nasty Lib Dem MP, who is so detestable his own mother, Berthea, is writing an unauthorised biography about him; and one small vegetarian dog, Freddie de la Hay, who has the ability to fasten his own seatbelt. (Although Corduroy Mansions is a fictional name, the address is now registered by the Post Office).
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'A page-turner with many happy endings. Perfect,' - Daily Express 'A twisting plot line, told in McCall Smith's usual entertaining style, makes this a great read.' Waterstones Book Quarterly 'A great place to visit if you need cheering up,' - The Scotsman
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Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world's most prolific and most popular authors. For many years he was a professor of Medical Law, then, after the publication of his highly successful No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, which has sold over fifteen million copies, he devoted his time to the writing of fiction and has seen his various series of books translated into over 40 languages and become bestsellers throughout the world. These include the Scotland Street novels, first published as a serial novel in The Scotsman, the Isabel Dalhousie novels, and the Von Igelfeld series.
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Alexander McCall Smith was born in what is now Zimbabwe and taught law at the University of Botswana. He is now Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He has written more than fifty books, including a number of specialist titles, but is best known for The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, which has achieved bestseller status on four continents. In 2004 he was awarded British Book Awards Author of the Year and Booksellers Association Author of the Year. He lives in Scotland, where in his spare time he is a bassoonist in the RTO (Really Terrible Orchestra).
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
My Heart's In the Highlands....,
This review is from: Dog Who Came in from the Cold (Corduroy Mansions 2) (Hardcover)
Alexander McCall Smith is one of those men with whom I'd love to sit down to dinner. Clearly he's an articulate (at least in prose) raconteur; a cultured, well-educated man with a keen eye for the vagaries and foibles of human nature.
I am a rabid fan of his "44 Scotland Street" series with its quirky characters and intensely humorous plot twists but, sadly, I cannot say the same for his new endeavor, the "Corduroy Mansions" series of which "The Dog Who Came In From The Cold" is the second volume. Something of his old stylistic sparkle is missing, and I actually found myself skimming through both books because the plot was dragging and I was not as invested in this cast of characters as I am with the eccentrics of "44." True, the author has reprised the apartment house setting of "44", but this time he's set his stories in London. Since he himself is a Scot from Edinburgh, the "44" books -- set as they are in his own back yard -- seem the livelier for it. The Londoners are quite unremarkable by comparison. If you have not read the "44" series, I urge you to do so. It's money better spent than on the "Corduroy Mansions" books, although it grieves me to say it. I, for one, fervently hope Mr. McCall Smith will resurrect the "44" characters, among whom is Bruce the Narcissist. Angus Laurie also has much potential for quirky mis-adventures, along with his ankle-biting dog who far outshines Freddy de la Hay, the title subject of this "Dog Who..." book. I'd also like to know the reason for the lag in release of Mr. McCall Smith's books in America. We are always a year, at least, behind Britain's releases and we are not allowed to order them through Amazon.co.uk. If I'm willing to pay the price and the shipping, I should be able to get the book from Britain. There's some faulty logic at play in this situation.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very funny classic McCall Smith,
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This review is from: Dog Who Came in from the Cold (Corduroy Mansions 2) (Hardcover)
This is the second book in McCall Smith's Corduroy Mansions series.
It has many of the same characters as the first book and is just as funny. It leaves you waiting for book #3.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A. M. Smith does it again.,
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This review is from: Dog Who Came in from the Cold (Corduroy Mansions 2) (Hardcover)
We are solid fans of this writer and will read literally anything and everything he writes, because he writes so very well. This book is a worthy sequel to Corduroy Mansions. If you have read Alexander McCall Smith, you know you'll enjoy this. If you haven't read A. M. Smith, poor you, and get started ASAP!
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