The Cleverness of Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith

Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi is approached by an old friend who has a troubled son. Nonetheless, with Mma Ramotswes help, Phuti comes up with a campaign that may just do the trick.

To make matters worse, they have a slick new advertising campaign that seems hard to beat. Phuti has always been concerned with quality and comfort, but this new firm seems interested only in profits. An international firm is attempting to undercut his prices in the office furniture market. He is married to a doctor and has two daughters.About the Book Grace Makutsis husband Phuti is in a bind. In March of 2011 he received an award from the President of Botswana for his services through literature to that country.Īlexander McCall Smith lives in Edinburgh. He holds honorary doctorates from nine universities in Europe and North America. He has received numerous awards for his writing, including the British Book Awards Author of the Year Award in 2004 and a CBE for service to literature in 2007. Earlier stand alone novels include 'La’s Orchestra Saves the World' and 'Trains and Lovers: A Hearts Journey'.Īlexander is also the author of collections of short stories, academic works, and over thirty books for children. This year there will also be a stunning book on Edinburgh, 'A Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith’s Edinburgh'. 2014 sees publication of three new novels which fall into this area: 'The Forever Girl' 'Fatty O’Leary’s Dinner Party' and 'Emma' – a reworking of the classic Jane Austen novel. In addition to these series, Alexander writes stand-alone books. This series won two major cross-media awards - Association of Online Publishers Digital Publishing Award 2009 for a Cross Media Project and the New Media Age award. These include the Scotland Street novels, first published as a serial novel in The Scotsman, the Isabel Dalhousie novels, the Von Igelfeld series, and the Corduroy Mansions series, novels which started life as a delightful (but challenging to write) cross-media serial, written on the website of the Telegraph Media Group. Then, after the publication of his highly successful 'No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency' series, which has sold over twenty million copies, he devoted his time to the writing of fiction and has seen his various series of books translated into over forty-six languages and become bestsellers through the world. His career has been a varied one: for many years he was a professor of Medical Law and worked in universities in the United Kingdom and abroad. Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world’s most prolific and most popular authors.

The Cleverness of Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith