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** 'McCall Smith's confident brush picks out vivid and entertaining characters . . . A deliciously engaging Edinburgh comedy (FINANCIAL TIMES )
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The fourth warm, witty and utterly enchanting instalment from 44 Scotland Street.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is like coming home to old friends and listening to their tales of what they have been doing for the last few months. I am biased of course as I live in Edinburgh and know that area extremely well, so a lot of the fun is picking out the places the characters go to and imagining them walking up and down the streets of Edinburgh. Alexander McCall Smith writes in a fairly ponderous, careful way, but he draws the characters so delightfully that you really feel about them and what they go through. All the old characters are there, Pat, Matthew, Big Lou, Bertie and his dreadful mum, Angus and Domenica - along with all their problems and joys. The book is completely charming and thoughtful in turn, with flashes of humour and fun showing through as well. The only bit that didn't quite satisfy me was the bit about Bertie's little brother, Ulysses, when he gets left behind at Valvona and Crolla and the family go to pick him up at council agency. Although I'm sure the agency probably does exist, I can't really see that they would just hand over a baby without checking extremely carefully that it was exactly the right baby and right sex!
But all in all, this is a delightful read - I think this is my most favourite series of books by Alexander McCall Smith - and hopefully he will keep on with this series!
But all in all, this is a delightful read - I think this is my most favourite series of books by Alexander McCall Smith - and hopefully he will keep on with this series!
44 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Bertie is back, with all the usual crowd and a pawbiting Cyril the gold toothed canine anti-hero plot to boot.
Sandy McCall Smith although best known for his 1st Ladies Dective Agency series, always hits the spot with 44 Scotland Street.
If you live in Edinburgh, you will recognise many of the places and probably some of the characters.
For those who don't know is that the books are first serialised in the "Scotsman Newspaper" similar to Dickens and The Times and then collated into an exellent volumes, amply illustrated by Iain McIntosh.
Roll on the next volume,if you have not read any of the earlier volumes go and buy them, pull up a comfy chair, some single malt and lose yourself to some quality plots,then when you have read them, go out and buy the Isobel Dalhousie trilogy, you will thank me for telling you
Sandy McCall Smith although best known for his 1st Ladies Dective Agency series, always hits the spot with 44 Scotland Street.
If you live in Edinburgh, you will recognise many of the places and probably some of the characters.
For those who don't know is that the books are first serialised in the "Scotsman Newspaper" similar to Dickens and The Times and then collated into an exellent volumes, amply illustrated by Iain McIntosh.
Roll on the next volume,if you have not read any of the earlier volumes go and buy them, pull up a comfy chair, some single malt and lose yourself to some quality plots,then when you have read them, go out and buy the Isobel Dalhousie trilogy, you will thank me for telling you
30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The 44 Scotland Street series is just perfection..somehow the books manage to be very funny and insightful, as well as quite calming. This latest installment does not disappointment, and quite rightly the focus is now on Bertie, who is still being smothered by his awful mother. If you haven't read them yet, go and get the first one, and work your way through - the books are wonderful.
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He is great and soooo British
Being Austrian I don't really know whether this is insulting for a Scotsman, but I love his books and think that I have about all of them by now.
Published 3 months ago by Eva Saibel
The World according to Bertie: A 44 Scotland Street NOvel
As the father of three sons, now thankfully in their 40's, Bertie is the epitome of boyhood. A mixture of emotions. Read more
Published 12 months ago by W. G. Young
The World According To Bertie
This book is magical, and every bit as entrancing as the previous episodes in the 44 Scotland Street series. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Hilary
still wonderful, but not enough baddies
I still love the series, but feel that the more colourful characters, such as Bruce or Lard O'Connor and his sidekick Gerry appear too infrequently. Read more
Published 13 months ago by ella
i dont want to
this is far too time consuming you should have a speedier way or a way of not doing a review if you dont want too.this may stop me using your site in future
Published 14 months ago by sue
Warm and witty
This series of charming and humorous books contain perfect bedtime stories - the episodes are all delicious snack-sized reads, and you know they will satisfy and soothe. Read more
Published 14 months ago by anozama
My friends at 44 Scotland Street
Reading 'The World according to Bertie' is like meeting up with the friends and neighbours you have not seen for a wee while. Read more
Published 16 months ago by AMcSmith
Go Bertie Go!
Another of the 44 Scotland Street books which never fail to delight. I highly recommend Alexander Mc Call Smiths books. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Nippy Sweetie
Bertie is adorable and I wish he was mine...
If you like McCall Smith's No1 Ladies Detective, then you will love this series as well - full of interesting, lovable, nasty, and odd characters, all drawn with McCall Smith's... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mrs. Teresa L. Kasafir
The continuing story....
Alexander McCall Smith brings all the now familiar characters into sharp focus in this, the continuing story of the residents of Scotland Street. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2009 by Susan
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