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2.0 out of 5 stars
"The Dog who came in from the Cold"- Alexander McColl-Smith,
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This review is from: The Dog Who Came in from the Cold: A Corduroy Mansions Novel (Hardcover)
Vintage McCall-Smith, highly amusing and entertaining, easily readable and refreshing. Enables one to revisit characters from previous work, and a wonderful play on words regarding the Cold War. Highly recommended.!!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Subtle Charm Combined with Two Silly Plots,
By Donald Mitchell "Jesus Loves You!" (Thanks for Providing My Reviews over 118,000 Helpful Votes Globally) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (#1 HALL OF FAME)
This review is from: The Dog Who Came in from the Cold: A Corduroy Mansions Novel (Hardcover)
"Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned?" -- Luke 14:34 (NKJV)I was disappointed in this book. Although it contains almost all the same characters as Corduroy Mansions, the brilliance of that book is mostly missing in this gentle series of stories about finding love and overcoming ill-founded feelings. Two of the plot lines sound funny on the surface: the Pimlico terrier Freddie de la Hay being recruited by MI6 and Rupert Porter trying to expose the yeti as a fraud. But there's much less humor than the premises suggest. What the book offers plenty of are conversations and reflections on finding and developing love. If this were the first book in a series, that would be fine. But it's not what those who loved Corduroy Mansions are probably expecting. That was certainly true for me. A little Oedipus Snark would have helped. |
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The Dog Who Came in from the Cold: A Corduroy Mansions Novel by Alexander McCall Smith (Paperback - May 29 2012)
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