44 SCOTLAND STREET PB B FORMAT

Book 1 in the hugely popular 44 Scotland Street series by worldwide bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith Alexander McCall Smiths delightful Scotland Street occupies a busy, bohemian corner of Edinburghs New Town, where the old bourgeoisie rubs shoulders with students, poets and eccentrics. When Pat is accepted as a new tenant at number 44 Scotland Street, she isnt sure how long shell last. Her flatmate Bruce, a rugby-playing chartered surveyor, is impossibly narcissistic, carelessly philandering and infuriatingly handsome. Downstairs lives pretentious Irene Pollock, whose five-year-old son is in therapy after setting fire to his fathers copy of the Guardian. And watching over them all is shrewd, intellectual Domenica Macdonald, anthropologist and sharp-eyed observer of the households activities... PRAISE FOR THE 44 SCOTLAND STREET SERIES: Perfect escapist fiction The Times Simple, elegantly written and gently insightful Good Book Guide A joyous, charming portrait of city life and human foibles Sunday Express Does for Edinburgh what Armistead Maupin did for San Francisco... A light-hearted, genial soap opera Financial Times