- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: Polygon; 1st Edition edition (1 Aug 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1846970172
- ISBN-13: 978-1846970177
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.4 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 237,046 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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:
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Return of old friends,
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This review is from: The World According To Bertie: 44 scotland street series: vol 4: A 44 Scotland Street Novel (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!
44 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
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The Master Returns,
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This review is from: The World According to Bertie (44 Scotland Street) (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
30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
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an absolute delight,
By Atia (Rochester, Kent) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The World According to Bertie (44 Scotland Street) (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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