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I Highly Recommend It If You Like To Be Happy

Advantages: Uplifting, honest, heartwarming.
Disadvantages: Some critics found it patronising.

...Ramotswe would like to be the Miss Marple of the African continent. When her father dies, she does as he has asked – as any good daughter would – and sets up a business. Mma Ramotswe's business is not exactly the one her father had imagined, though. Precious sets up the very first ladies' private detective agency in Botswana. Its assets are modest: an office; an old white van; two desks; two chairs; a telephone and an underworked secretary. Unambitious ...
...she sets out to solve the cases of the missing boy, the missing husband, the stolen car, the wayward daughter and – her very first case - the father impostor.

Do not expect a twisting, turning mystery story. Expect a sweet, heart-warming story about a wise, kind, sensible woman. McCall Smith's writing is fluid, accessible and highly evocative. There are some beautiful descriptions of Africa and its vast, often empty expanses. There ... more

jillmurphy 11.03.2004
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The No. I Review on A No. I Botswana Lady

Advantages: wonderfully simple style, funny, charming
Disadvantages: none, honest

...Alexander McCall Smith to work the following day, along with the second book in the series “Tears of the Giraffe”, knowing I’d probably get through them both on the journey. I’m not a big fan of detective stories as such. I’ve read a few Agatha Christies, and I like Ian Rankin, but that’s about as far as it goes. I shouldn’t have worried. Despite the title, this is less detective story and more beautifully crafted novel. What is instantly striking ...
...uses it to set up the The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency. Like so much in the novel, the name of the agency is exactly what it says it is: no more and no less: Precious is Botswana's only female detective. She has no experience, but she does have intuition, common sense, intelligence, and a personality that commands the respect and trust of those around her. Her initial needs seem sensible enough: an expert secretary, (in order for the agency to be ...

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Miss Marple From Botswana

Advantages: charming
Disadvantages: could be longer

...No. 1 Ladies´ Detective Agency´. The colours and the design have an ethno touch, the bush hut in the upper part and the crocodile in the lower part suggest Africa. Why is there an inlay in the beast´s belly containing a wrist watch? Mystery! Then the title; not short, not snappy, indicating maybe a slow-go, old-fashioned thriller. The blurbs on the back mention Botswana, a country which unto now hasn´t been on the world wide map of thrillers. Curiosity! ...
...stick-like creatures one saw in the advertisements.´ On the first page we learn that she had a detective agency with the assets: a tiny white van, two desks, two chairs, a telephone, an old typewriter, a teapot and three mugs - one for herself, one for the secretary, one for the client. In her opinion that´s enough, because what detective agencies rely on is ´human intuition and intelligence, both of which Mma Ramotswe had in abundance.´ I don´t ...

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Satisfaction Guaranteed for All Parties

Advantages: a charming simple read, unusual setting and plot
Disadvantages: pared down writing, sometimes unbelievable characters

...there are currently five in the series - have dominated both the bestsellers list and the bookshop shelves. Whilst in Waterstones at the weekend, I wryly noted that his books are heavily displayed in several sections of the shop. So i thought i would add to the current and excellent reviews of the first book in the series - the no. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. I have mixed feelings about this book and the series in general. Sometimes I agree with ...
...know a little bit about the author and where he or she is coming from. With Alexander McCall Smith it is clear that both his childhood and career have greatly influenced this series of books. About the Author Alexander McCall Smith was born in Zimbabwe in 1948, educated there and in Scotland. He became a law professor and returned to Africa to help set up a law school at the University of Botswana. He currently operates a double life as a prolific ...

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A Slice of African Life

Advantages: Good read, engaging characters, authentic African culture
Disadvantages: African names can put off people

...heard quite a bit about The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, but had never really been interested in reading it. Then I saw a TV interview with the author Alexander McCall Smith. One thing he said really intrigued me. To paraphrase, he said people had enough worries in their lives, so he wrote books that were generally upbeat and where bad things didn't really happen. This surprised me. As a writer, I have been told many times that you need conflict ...
...to read the book and see what I thought to it. It isn't really a novel I would have chosen otherwise. It is set in Africa - specifically in Botswana - and I'm not very interested in that part of the world, favouring books set in Europe. The cover is bright and colourful and of an African design. I got the book free through www.readitswapit.co.uk but it is readily available from all the usual places. The cover price is £6.99 for the paperback version ...

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The Charmer From Botswana

Advantages: Different setting; lovely dialogue
Disadvantages: Drags at the start; my daughter could solve the cases!

WHAT'S THIS THEN? ------------------------------ It's the first in a series of books by Alexander McCall Smith about Precious Ramotswe, the only female private detective in Botswana. She is, by Smith's admission, overweight, overbearing and underloved but in Africa and especially Botswana this is a look considered sexy and desirable by men. PLOT --------- Precious Ramotswe's father left her an inheritance and, being a liberal man, said that ...
...be proud of her. The first quarter of the book lays the foundations of Precious' upbringing. A whole chapter is dedicated to her father's working history in the gold mines of South Africa; another focuses on Precious' teenage years and a third concentrates on her doomed, violent marriage to a jazz trumpeter to whom she later became pregnant by. The baby died a few hours after birth. It is this torrid past that serves Ramotswe well in her detective ...

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Good Husband, But Is He A Good Detective?

Advantages: funny, heartwarming, fantastic characters
Disadvantages: a little "scrappy" in places

I'm already a fan of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, so it's no surprise that I like the 8th addition to the family - The Good Husband of Zebra Drive. As usual, there are superb characters with a decent narrative holding them together and a lot of humour; pretty much what I've come to expect from Alexander McCall Smith. In fact, the only criticism I have is that the narrative isn't quite as good as some of the other books in the series and it's a bit "scrappy" in places, not flowing quite as well as it should. This isn't my favourite novel in the series, but it's certainly an entertaining and worthwhile read. Alexander McCall Smith also writes the 44 Scotland Street series (incidentally, my favourite of his works) and a series featuring philosopher Isabel Dalhousie, among others. He is a Scottish author and those two series ...

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Review of The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No 1 Ladies Detective Agency 8) (No 1 Ladies Detective Agency 8) - Alexander McCall Smith

It is warm, light hearted, sincere and funny! A must read.

Advantages: A delectable easy read. The story continues in 'Tears of the Giraffe'.
Disadvantages: It is so captivating that it comes to an end far too soon.

This book is as good as a really great trip out with your best girl friends! It is warm, light hearted, sincere and funny! The character of Precious Ramotswe is feisty, tenacious and, above all, one of the guys. Those who get on the wrong side of her certainly know about it! What I love about this book is how McCall Smith cleverly retains your attention throughout. It is one of those books that you feel pained to put down. The sort that leads you to snap at loved ones when they interrupt you... It may be called the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency and follow Precious in her day-to-day ramblings as a self-taught detective but what I particularly love about the book is how it explores her relationships. Her relationship with her father, Botswana, Note Mokoti, Mma Makutsi and best of all, JLB Matekoni. By the end you are ...

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Gentle, amusing read, as always

Advantages: Engaging characters and a good story
Disadvantages: If you didn't like the earlier books, you probably won't enjoy this one!

I'm a fan of Alexander McCall Smith's books, especially this series, and this latest work didn't disappoint. You could probably dive right in with this book, but in my opinion it's better to read the series as a whole since this book continues the character development of the lead people already introduced in the earlier stories. We find Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi still running their detective agency, and this time they face some anonymous threatening letters. At the same time, there are ramifications after Mma Makutsi persuades her fiance to buy a new bed, whilst Mma Ramotswe's husband, Mr JLB Maketoni is trying to find a miracle cure for their adopted daughter's paralysis. If you've read the other stories you'll already know that these books are less crime fiction and more gentle, amusing character based tales. I thoroughly ...

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