Espresso tales

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English language

Published 2007 by Windsor.

ISBN:
978-1-4056-1355-2
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OCLC Number:
604328747

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Bruce, the intolerably vain and perpetually deluded ex-surveyor, is about to embark on a new career as a wine merchant, while his long-suffering flatmate Pat MacGregor finds herself invited to a nudist picnic in the pursuit of true love. Six-year-old prodigy Bertie Pollock wants a boy's life of fishing and rugby, not yoga and pink dungarees, so he plots rebellion against his bossy, crusading mother Irene and his psychotherapist. But when Bertie's longed-for trip to Glasgow with his ineffectual father ends in shady dealings, it looks like Bertie should have been more careful about what he wished for.

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reviewed Espresso tales by Alexander McCall Smith (44 Scotland Street (2))

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I didn't like the second installment quite as much as the first, possibly because of a large dose of Ramsey Dunbarton's memoirs. However, I'll definitely be sucked into the third book in order to see what becomes of Bertie's modest new freedom; Bruce, Pat, and Domenica's moves; and, especially, Big Lou's reunion.

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Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Social life and customs
  • Manners and customs

Places

  • Edinburgh (Scotland)
  • Scotland
  • Edinburgh