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44 Scotland Street / Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrations by Iain McIntosh.

ISBN: 0676977243 (trade pbk.) :
ISBN: 9780676977240 (trade pbk.)
Physical Description: 325 p. : ill ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : Vintage Canada, c2005.

McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- (author.). McIntosh, Iain, (ill.).

Summary:

"When twenty-year-old Pat rents a room from handsome and cocky Bruce, she inherits some delightfully colourful neighbours: Domenica, an insightful and eccentric widow; Bertie, a five-year-old who’s mastered both saxophone and Italian; and Irene, his overbearing mother. Pat’s new job at a gallery seems easy enough. Her boss spends most of his time drinking coffee in a local café and discussing matters great and small, and Pat’s duties are light. That is until she realizes that one of their paintings may be an undiscovered work of a renowned Scottish artist and she discovers that one of their customers may be in on the secret. Add to this a fancy ball, love triangles and an encounter with a famous crime writer, and you have Alexander McCall Smith’s entertaining and humorous portrait of Edinburgh society."--Provided by the publisher.