4.3
Lecciones para chicas guapas
Llega un momento en que la vida se puede volver muy complicada, incluso para alguien tan tranquila como Madame Ramotswe, la primera mujer detective de Botswana. A la difícil situación financiera por la que atraviesa su pequeña agencia de detectives, se suma ahora la extraña enfermedad de su novio, que pierde el interés por todo lo que le rodea y desatiende su empresa de reparación de automóviles. Por otra parte, Madame Ramotswe deberá hacerse cargo de tres nuevos casos: por un lado, un importante hombre del Gobierno cree que su hermano pequeño está siendo víctima de una conspiración en su propia casa; por otra parte, ha de indagar en la calidad moral de las aspirantes a un concurso de belleza; y por ultimo, un niño salvaje aparece de repente en el desierto de Kalahari, oliendo y comportándose como un león, sin que nadie sepa de dónde viene.
Fiction
RELEASED2005
PUBLISHERUmbriel
LENGTH208
LANGUAGEES
Alexander McCall Smith, often referred to as ‘Sandy’, is one of the world’s most prolific and best-loved authors. For many years he was a professor of Medical Law and worked in universities in the UK and abroad before turning his hand to writing fiction. He has written and contributed to more than 100 books including specialist academic titles, short story collections, and a number of immensely popular children’s books. His first book, The White Hippo—a children’s book, was published by Hamish Hamilton in 1980. But it wasn’t until the publication of the highly successful The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series that Alexander became a household name. The series has now sold over twenty million copies in the English language alone, and since the books took off, he has devoted his time to writing. His various series of books have been translated into forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world. These include the popular 44 Scotland Street novels, first published as a serial novel in the Scotsman newspaper and now the longest-running serial novel in the world; the Isabel Dalhousie novels, and the von Igelfeld series. He is also the author of the Corduroy Mansions series, which started life as an engaging cross-media serial written for the Telegraph online. In addition to these series, Alexander has written a number of stand-alone novels, including The Forever Girl, Fatty O’Leary’s Dinner Party, My Italian Bulldozer, The Second Worst Restaurant in France, Chance Developments and Pianos and Flowers. Earlier stand alone books include Trains and Lovers: A Heart’s Journey; La’s Orchestra Saves the World; and Emma—a reworking of the classic Jane Austen novel. He has also authored many non-fiction titles, the latest of which are A Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith’s Edinburgh and What W.H. Auden Can Do For You. Recently Alexander has written a new children’s series—The School Ship Tobermory—and we now have four books in the series. This increases the number of children’s books he has written to more than thirty. Alexander has received numerous awards for his writing and holds twelve honorary doctorates from universities in Europe and North America. In 2007 he received a CBE for services to literature and in 2011 was honoured by the President of Botswana for services through literature to the country. In 2015 he received the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction and in 2017 The National Arts Club of America—Medal of Honor for Achievement in Literature.
4.3
Lecciones para chicas guapas
Llega un momento en que la vida se puede volver muy complicada, incluso para alguien tan tranquila como Madame Ramotswe, la primera mujer detective de Botswana. A la difícil situación financiera por la que atraviesa su pequeña agencia de detectives, se suma ahora la extraña enfermedad de su novio, que pierde el interés por todo lo que le rodea y desatiende su empresa de reparación de automóviles. Por otra parte, Madame Ramotswe deberá hacerse cargo de tres nuevos casos: por un lado, un importante hombre del Gobierno cree que su hermano pequeño está siendo víctima de una conspiración en su propia casa; por otra parte, ha de indagar en la calidad moral de las aspirantes a un concurso de belleza; y por ultimo, un niño salvaje aparece de repente en el desierto de Kalahari, oliendo y comportándose como un león, sin que nadie sepa de dónde viene.
Fiction
RELEASED2005
PUBLISHERUmbriel
LENGTH208
LANGUAGEES
Alexander McCall Smith, often referred to as ‘Sandy’, is one of the world’s most prolific and best-loved authors. For many years he was a professor of Medical Law and worked in universities in the UK and abroad before turning his hand to writing fiction. He has written and contributed to more than 100 books including specialist academic titles, short story collections, and a number of immensely popular children’s books. His first book, The White Hippo—a children’s book, was published by Hamish Hamilton in 1980. But it wasn’t until the publication of the highly successful The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series that Alexander became a household name. The series has now sold over twenty million copies in the English language alone, and since the books took off, he has devoted his time to writing. His various series of books have been translated into forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world. These include the popular 44 Scotland Street novels, first published as a serial novel in the Scotsman newspaper and now the longest-running serial novel in the world; the Isabel Dalhousie novels, and the von Igelfeld series. He is also the author of the Corduroy Mansions series, which started life as an engaging cross-media serial written for the Telegraph online. In addition to these series, Alexander has written a number of stand-alone novels, including The Forever Girl, Fatty O’Leary’s Dinner Party, My Italian Bulldozer, The Second Worst Restaurant in France, Chance Developments and Pianos and Flowers. Earlier stand alone books include Trains and Lovers: A Heart’s Journey; La’s Orchestra Saves the World; and Emma—a reworking of the classic Jane Austen novel. He has also authored many non-fiction titles, the latest of which are A Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith’s Edinburgh and What W.H. Auden Can Do For You. Recently Alexander has written a new children’s series—The School Ship Tobermory—and we now have four books in the series. This increases the number of children’s books he has written to more than thirty. Alexander has received numerous awards for his writing and holds twelve honorary doctorates from universities in Europe and North America. In 2007 he received a CBE for services to literature and in 2011 was honoured by the President of Botswana for services through literature to the country. In 2015 he received the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction and in 2017 The National Arts Club of America—Medal of Honor for Achievement in Literature.
