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Loading... The Kalahari Typing School for Menby Alexander McCall SmithSeries: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (4)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. In this fourth installment in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series is just as charming as ever. The agency finds it has a rival. Mma Ramotswe is asked to help a client who wants to make reparation for the misdeeds he committed 20 years ago. Mma Makutsi opens a business of her own and has a shortlived romance. Nothing very dramatic really, and yet they are important because they happen to characters we have come to care about. (  ) Robertgreaves | Sep 21, 2009 |  The fourth book of the Botswana series, and same style, same humour, same simple philosophy. If anything, the narrative style shows more assurance. Another good, restful read. Read February 2009 (  ) mbmackay | Aug 30, 2009 | so many mccall books so little time purplesue | Jun 28, 2009 | Another charming view of the better side of African life. This one, though, tangles seriously with adulterous husbands and saved Christians, and begins to address the changes that are taking place in society, including 'that disease which has run this way and that through the country'. (  ) johnthefireman | Jun 15, 2009 | Another treat from Alexander McCall Smith in his successful No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. We can once more enjoy the ruminations of the minds of his characters as they reflect on the passing scene and on the weaknesses and strengths of the people they encounter in their daily lives. Always in the case of Mma Ramotswe, we hear her deplore the passing of the old ways of Botswana particularly after some encounter with the new. Mma Makutsi has a larger role in this book as she opens her typing school for men. This new adventure puts into play her thoughtful consideration of the ways of men--their dislike in being outshone by women in a class, their embarassment in coming to such a class. It also leads her into the world of deceitful, lonely men with unfortunate results. The author is a keen observer of the human race and all its foibles and yet he shows us a gentle and humane way of treating people as they fall from grace and are caught in disgrace by the two indomitable lady detectives. (  )2  seoulful | Apr 4, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0349117047, Paperback)THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY.FOR ALL CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS AND ENQUIRIES. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED FOR ALL PARTIES. UNDER PERSONAL MANAGEMENT. A beguiling mystery and lyrical novel of Africa -- the fourth in a series that the L.A. Times calls “thoroughly engaging and entertaining.” Now that The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (the only detective agency for ladies and others in Botswana) is established, its founder, Precious Ramotswe, can look upon her life with pride: she’s reached her late thirties (“the finest age to be”), has a house, two children, a good fiancé -- Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni -- and many satisfied customers. But life is never without its problems. It turns out that her adopted son is responsible for the dead hoopoe bird in the garden; her assistant, Mma Makutsi, wants a husband and needs help with her idea to open the Kalahari Typing School for Men; yet Mma Ramotswe’s sexist rival has no trouble opening his Satisfaction Guaranteed Detective Agency across town. Will Precious Ramotswe’s delightfully cunning and profoundly moral methods save the day? Follow the continuing story of Botswana’s first lady detective in the irresistible The Kalahari Typing School for Men. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:13 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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