Alexander McCall Smith
"To say McCall Smith is a literary phenomenon doesn't quite describe what has happened. He has become more of a movement, a worldwide club for the dissemination of gentle wisdom and good cheer." —The Telegraph
Alexander McCall Smith presents The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection, the latest No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Novel. The thirteenth installment in the beloved, bestselling series is once again a beautiful blend of wit and wisdom, and a profoundly touching tale of the human heart.
Alexander McCall Smith is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, the 44 Scotland Street series and the Corduroy Mansions series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh and has served on many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and taught law at the University of Botswana. He lives in Edinburgh, where in his spare time he is a bassoonist in the RTO (Really Terrible Orchestra).
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