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The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency)
Alexander McCall Smith
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Description for The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency)
Paperback. In this fourth volume of the bestselling series - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, the ever-popular Precious Ramotswe - Botswana's leading, and only, female private detective - faces a new and unwanted problem: competition. Series: No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160.
The one with the rival detective
Mma Ramotswe faces the unexpected and unwelcome appearance in town of a new private detective, Mr Cephas Buthelezi. To ensure she does not lose clients to him, she takes on several cases at once, including those of an errant husband and of a man targeted by ostrich rustlers. Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi has decided to set up a typing school to teach men some useful skills - but Mma Ramotswe fears her secretary is falling under the spell of a man who does not have her best interests at heart...
'A glorious creation' Mail on Sunday
'Happiness and quiet wisdom' Daily Telegraph
'Sparkles with African sunshine and Mma Ramotswe's wit' Dallas Morning News
'It's hard to find fault with such good-natured and pleasurable optimism' Observer
The fourth book in the multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
The one with the rival detective
Mma Ramotswe faces the unexpected and unwelcome appearance in town of a new private detective, Mr Cephas Buthelezi. To ensure she does not lose clients to him, she takes on several cases at once, including those of an errant husband and of a man targeted by ostrich rustlers. Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi has decided to set up a typing school to teach men some useful skills - but Mma Ramotswe fears her secretary is falling under the spell of a man who does not have her best interests at heart...
'A glorious creation' Mail on Sunday
'Happiness and quiet wisdom' Daily Telegraph
'Sparkles with African sunshine and Mma Ramotswe's wit' Dallas Morning News
'It's hard to find fault with such good-natured and pleasurable optimism' Observer
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
Series
No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349117041
SKU
V9780349117041
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
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 for The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency)
Mma Ramotswe's methods - and her results - are as unusual as the novels they inhabit... All this activity is much less about whodunnit than why
New York Times
McCall Smith is a careful, emblematic writer who is beyond gifted... he is a natural storyteller
The List
The hypnotic ease of McCall Smith's style makes everything clear almost instantly... Throughout the Botswana landscape is richly evoked... Happiness and quiet wisdom prevail
Daily Telegraph
Mma Ramotswe is a glorious creation, a character likely to prove every bit as enduring as Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot.
Mail on Sunday
Sparkles with African sunshine and Mma Ramotswe's wit
Dallas Morning News
It's hard to find fault with such good-natured and pleasurable optimism
Observer
I can think of no author writing today so deserving of an enormous audience
New Statesman
This series' huge appeal lies in its mannerly folk wisdom and wry, gentle humor, full of wit, nuance and caring... It's an oasis in a genre that too often seems a desert of violence and inhumanity
Chicago Sun Times
As beguiling as Alexader McCall Smith's earlier books about the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency... His prose is deceptively simple, with a gift for evoking the earth and sky of Africa
Seattle Times
Get your hands on one of the mysteries from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series... Each book is a thinly disguised love letter to the people and culture of Southern Africa... A great escape
Elle
Mma Ramotswe's methods - and her results - are as unusual as the novels they inhabit . . . All this activity is much less about whodunnit than why
NEW YORK TIMES
McCall Smith is a careful, emblematic writer who is beyond gifted, he is a natural storyteller. McCall Smith has once again charmed the sarongs off us
THE LIST
The hypnotic ease of McCall Smith's style makes everything clear almost instantly . . . Throughout the Botswana landscape is richly evoked. Happiness and quiet wisdom prevail.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Mma Ramotswe is a glorious creation, a character likely to prove every bit as enduring as Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot.
MAIL ON SUNDAY
New York Times
McCall Smith is a careful, emblematic writer who is beyond gifted... he is a natural storyteller
The List
The hypnotic ease of McCall Smith's style makes everything clear almost instantly... Throughout the Botswana landscape is richly evoked... Happiness and quiet wisdom prevail
Daily Telegraph
Mma Ramotswe is a glorious creation, a character likely to prove every bit as enduring as Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot.
Mail on Sunday
Sparkles with African sunshine and Mma Ramotswe's wit
Dallas Morning News
It's hard to find fault with such good-natured and pleasurable optimism
Observer
I can think of no author writing today so deserving of an enormous audience
New Statesman
This series' huge appeal lies in its mannerly folk wisdom and wry, gentle humor, full of wit, nuance and caring... It's an oasis in a genre that too often seems a desert of violence and inhumanity
Chicago Sun Times
As beguiling as Alexader McCall Smith's earlier books about the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency... His prose is deceptively simple, with a gift for evoking the earth and sky of Africa
Seattle Times
Get your hands on one of the mysteries from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series... Each book is a thinly disguised love letter to the people and culture of Southern Africa... A great escape
Elle
Mma Ramotswe's methods - and her results - are as unusual as the novels they inhabit . . . All this activity is much less about whodunnit than why
NEW YORK TIMES
McCall Smith is a careful, emblematic writer who is beyond gifted, he is a natural storyteller. McCall Smith has once again charmed the sarongs off us
THE LIST
The hypnotic ease of McCall Smith's style makes everything clear almost instantly . . . Throughout the Botswana landscape is richly evoked. Happiness and quiet wisdom prevail.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Mma Ramotswe is a glorious creation, a character likely to prove every bit as enduring as Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot.
MAIL ON SUNDAY