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Love Over Scotland (44 Scotland Street)
by: Alexander Mccall Smith

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780307275981
ISBN: 0307275981
Label: Anchor
Manufacturer: Anchor
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: November 06, 2007
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date: November 06, 2007
Sales Rank: 12449
Studio: Anchor

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The third installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s beloved 44 Scotland Street series is sure to delight his many fans.

This just in from Edinburgh: the complicated lives of the denizens of 44 Scotland Street are becoming no simpler. Domenica Macdonald has left for the Malacca Straits to conduct a perilous anthropological study of pirate households. Angus Lordie’s dog, Cyril, has been stolen, and is facing an uncertain future wandering the streets. Bertie, the prodigiously talented six-year-old, is still enduring psychotherapy, but his burden is lightened by a junior orchestra's trip to Paris, where he makes some interesting new friends. Back in Edinburgh, there is romance for Pat with a handsome young man called Wolf, until she begins to see the attractions of the more prosaically named Matthew.

Teeming with McCall Smith’s wonderful wit and charming depictions of Edinburgh, Love Over Scotland is another beautiful ode to a city and its people that continue to fascinate this astounding author.

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- The ongoing life and times of the residents of 44 Scotland Street...
OK... So now I'm up-to-date with all the 44 Scotland Street novels since I completed Love Over Scotland last night. Alexander McCall Smith weaves together the lives of the occupants at 44 Scotland Street with all their charm and quirkiness. The best part is I'm already on hold at the library for the next installment due out in the next month. :)

When we last left the residents of 44 Scotland Street, things were not well in terms of them all keeping in touch. Bruce was leaving for London, Domenica was leaving to study pirates, and Pat was moving out since Bruce was selling the flat. Here we continue on with the life and times of the crew. Bruce is completely missing in action here. Unless he makes a reappearance in the next installment, his character is gone. Bertie is still being smothered by Mummy and analyzed by the therapist (who Bertie thinks is absolutely crazy). All he wants is to live ... Read More

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- Still a Bertie fan
It's painful to witness everything Bertie suffers at his mother's hands, but I really like him and I can't stop reading about him. I loved his time in Paris, and my favorite part of the book was his (extremely premature) audition for the Edinburgh Teenage Orchestra. Poor Bertie. I hope good things are in store for him, and I hope they happen soon.

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- Fun Stuff
True, this book is light reading but if you need something to lighten your mood I highly recommend this series. The ability to write seemingly effortless fiction is a gift that I don't disparage just because it isn't Hamlet. There is a need for all kinds of writing and humorous fiction is a type of writing that few do well.

Love Over Scotland is the best of the three books so far and I found the adventures of Bertie to be hilarious. Admittedly, Bertie is a bit over the top but any insistence on believability would just ruin the fun. I look forward to more adventures...

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- Treading lightly...
Wow! After reading all the other reviews, almost all 5 star for this book, I better tread lightly! I guess I better begin by stating that my family thoroughly enjoyed listening to No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series on tape and I was ready to love another McCall Smith read. That said, I found Love Over Scotland very easy reading, great for light, mindless, relaxing reading- and the chapters are really short making it possible to read a snatch here and there and come to a good stopping point every time.

However, some of the characters were most unbelievable. Come on, Bertie?? A six year old doing and saying and thinking all that he does? I understand precocious but this is absurd. A six year old traveling about Paris on his own and discussing philosophy with students from Sorbonne? It was disturbing to imagine him as a six year old.

Domenica traveling off to Malacca to live among ... Read More

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