The Dog Who Came in from the Cold, Abridged Edition [Audio CD]

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405508590
• ISBN-13: 978-1405508599
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,191,818 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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...., June 29, 2010

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Snowgoose - See all my reviews

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, September 21, 2010

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Cape Codder "Cape Codder" - See all my reviews

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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., September 13, 2010

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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!