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Penzler Pick, July 2001: Working in a mystery tradition
that will cause genre aficionados to think of such classic sleuths
as Melville Davisson Post''''s Uncle Abner or Robert van Gulik''''s
Judge Dee, Alexander McCall Smith creates an African detective,
Precious Ramotswe, who''''s their full-fledged heir.
It''''s the detective as folk hero, solving crimes through an
innate, self-possessed wisdom that, combined with an understanding
of human nature, invariably penetrates into the hear
內容簡介：
This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s widely acclaimed
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the
delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who
is drawn to her profession to “help people with problems in their
lives.” Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront in
Gaborone, she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a
con man, and follow a wayward daughter. But the case that tugs at
her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old
boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors.
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency received two Booker
Judges’ Special Recommendations and was voted one of the
International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times
Literary Supplement. --This text refers to an out of print
or unavailable edition of this title.
關於作者：
Alexander McCall Smith is a professor of medical law at
Edinburgh University. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe
and taught law at the University of Botswana. He is the author of
over fifty books on a wide range of subjects, including specialist
titles such as Forensic Aspects of Sleep and The Criminal
Law of Botswana, children''s books such as The Perfect
Hamburger, and a collection of stories called Portuguese
Irregular Verbs. --This text refers to an out of print or
unavailable edition of this title.
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