44 Scotland Street.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Audiobook Review)

Kliatt | November 1, 2005| | Copyright

44 SCOTLAND STREET. Alexander McCall Smith. 2005. Read by Robert Ian Mackenzie. 9 tapes. 12 hrs. Recorded Books. 1-4193-4050-6. $89.75. Vinyl; plot notes. SA

Acknowledging a debt to Armistead Maupin, whose successful serial novel Tales of The City inspired this one, Smith convinced his national newspaper, The Scotsman, to give him space for a daily serial and began writing. His short snappy segments about Pat, who may have discovered a Scottish masterwork in her new boss's art gallery; about her irresistible but shamelessly narcissistic flat mate, Bruce; about Irene, ...

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