- Hardcover: 432 pages
- Publisher: Random House Large Print; Lrg edition (Sep 28 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0375434267
- ISBN-13: 978-0375434266
- Product Dimensions: 14.6 x 2.7 x 21.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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#355,159 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #67 in Books > Mystery & Thrillers > Large Print
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From Publishers Weekly
Murder and moral obligation mingle in this whimsical new series from the author of the smash hit The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. McCall Smith's new heroine is Scottish-American philosopher Isabel Dalhousie, a single woman of independent means who edits the esteemed Review of Applied Ethics and presides over the titular club. When Isabel witnesses fund manager Mark Fraser fall from a balcony after a performance at an Edinburgh concert hall, she feels obliged to investigate the gentleman's demise. "I was the last person that young man saw," Dalhousie tells her beloved niece, Cat. "The last person. And don't you think that the last person you see on this earth owes you something?" Given her affinity for applied ethics, questions of conscience are a daily concern for Isabel, and the more she thinks about Fraser's fall, the less accidental it seems. Among those who might have pushed him: his shifty roommate, his colleague's scheming spouse and a disgruntled broker with a craving for cash. Fans of Botswanan heroine Precious Ramotswe are sure to embrace Scotsman McCall Smith's plucky new protagonist, who leads a cast of delightfully quirky characters that includes Toby, a dapper bachelor with a dubious understanding of fidelity, and Grace, Dalhousie's morally upright housekeeper, who sizes up society's reprobates in two syllables or less. Scotland's climate may be misty and cool, but McCall Smith's charming prose warms every page of this winning series debut.
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
*Starred Review* Following the success of his No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Zimbabwe-born Scot goes for the kilt in a new detective series starring moral philosopher Isabel Dalhousie, an unmarried woman of independent means. (The book's title refers to a group of heady thinkers presided over by plucky Scottish American Isabel.) After witnessing fund manager Mark Fraser plummet from the balcony during a performance at the Edinburgh Concert Hall, Isabel, who edits the esteemed Review of Applied Ethics, feels a moral obligation to investigate the young man's demise. Pondering the possibilities with Jaime, her niece's drop-dead-handsome former suitor, Isabel doubts Fraser's fall was an accident at all. Fans of Botswanese heroine Precious Ramotswe are sure to embrace McCall Smith's irrepressible new protagonist, who leads a cast of delightfully flawed characters. Among them: a frosty banker named Minty, a dapper bachelor with a dubious definition of fidelity, and a morally upright housekeeper who sizes up society's reprobates in two syllables or less. Scotland's climate may be misty and cool, but the author's gentle humor and keen insights into human nature warm every page of this engaging series debut. Among the novel's whimsical moments is a performance by the Really Terrible Orchestra, a real-life ensemble in which McCall Smith plays the bassoon--badly. Allison Block
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Gads!,
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This review is from: The Sunday Philosophy Club (Paperback)
The real story begins at page 152. In the meantime, the book presents modern day spinster-hood dwelling both in both shallow philosophy and in shallow lifestyle. It should be a success in the like environment, where love is simply a frustrated feeling carrying on for some time, with no care for persons nor life.
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Not very good, but at least it was short,
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This review is from: The Sunday Philosophy Club (Paperback)
What this book lacked in plot and interest, it more than made up for in brevity. The main character waxes philosophical on topics of morality, only to break her own rules through her own book and later justifies by re-evaluating her interpretation. Similar to people who interpret the bible to justify their actions as just.
2.0 out of 5 stars
The Sunday Philosophy Club,
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I found it somewhat boring. After "#1 Ladies Detective Agency", It seemed to lack plot, excitement and interest.I will not read the next books in this series.
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