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Title: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Boxed Set by Alexander McCall Smith ISBN: 0-679-78975-8 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 3 List Price(USD): $35.85 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful African treasure
Comment: The inspiration for the No.1 Lady Detective, Ma Ramotswe, came to McCall Smith while he observed a "traditionally built and cheerful" woman chasing a chicken in a yard in Botswana. Precious Ramotswe became the heroine of this delightful and engaging series. The box set contains the first three volumes and, as an extra treat, an African folk tale from a forthcoming collection. If you, as I did, just bought the first volume on its own, keep it to lend or give to friends and get the set right away. Mm Ramotswe's charm, humanity and her special sense of fairness will keep you entertained and your heart warmed. You will feel like the author who could not leave Ma Ramotswe at the end of the first book - "it would have been like leaving in the middle of a conversation".
The diverse cases handled by the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, while providing a thread through the books, are not really the main theme. The stories provide the reader with an insight into social aspects of one African society rarely offered in such a caring and empathic way. With great sensitivity McCall Smith explores rising conflicts between the traditional values of Botswana society and the modern influences brought from the cities across the border in South Africa. Of course, there are also the usual domestic conflicts that are the bread and butter of private detectives. Mma Ramotswe solves these with aplomb and wit, using common sense and her own version of justice. It is sometimes more important to teach the culprit a lesson and change his ways than to hand him (or her) over to the police authorities...
Through all the descriptions of her cases and daily goings on in her life, McCall Smith reveals his love for Botswana, her people and the environment. With each volume, we get more intimately involved with the main characters. In addition to Precious, her fiancé, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, her assistant Mma Makutsi and her father, the late Obed Ramotswe who continues to play an important role in her life are major players. One would love to sit down with Precious on the veranda of her house on Zebra Drive to watch the sun set behind the trees and, drinking her favourite bush tea, reflect on life and its quirky sides. Fortunately there are more stories on the way in this highly entertaining and winning series. {Friederike Knabe]
Rating: 5
Summary: The Blessings of Revisiting Botswana
Comment: Having visited Botswana a few years ago and having been a female private investigator in a past life, a friend couldn't help but introduce me to 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'. How could I resist this one? It was a literary blessing and near spiritual experience to once again cross the Atlantic to escape the complications and experience the purity, the simplicity and the primitive beauty of Botswana. This a land where, when trees fall across the dusty, sandy roads, the tree is not removed. It's just time for the road to change its course, leaving the tree to continue its cycle through the ecosystem. Mma Precious Ramotswe and her circle of family and friends easily mimic the respectful and infectious spirit of this land. I could easily identify with her love of her homeland and her desire to preserve the freedom and justice Botswana brings to its people. Her common sense and logic, cunning ability to outfox the fox, combined with her strength of character, confidence and dogged courage make her a new literary heroine for me. Alexander McCall Smith has captured the essense of Botswana and its people perfectly through his endearing characters. I can't wait to be infused with more of Precious' wisdom and hilarious antics.
Rating: 5
Summary: The No. 1 Ladies Detective series by Alexander McCall Smith
Comment: I have listened to all 4 in the series of the No. ! Ladies Detective Agency installments to date & thoroughly look forward to the next publication in April, 2004. First of all, the ongoing story of the agency & it's encompassing characters is charming. Characters have an honest, down-to-earthness about them which is refreshing. The characters have character! Not the norm for all novels. Each one has a conscience and has insights to their own behavior & actions. They care about one another & act like true friends. Secondly, there is the local color--these stories are set in Africa...Botswanna to be exact & it sheds light on the culture & the geography & subtly describes how the characters are affected by their environment, climate and history. I had not thought much about inhabitants in Africa, but the novels portrayed the characters in a way that fostered bonding with them instanteously.
Then there is the wonderful narration by Lisette Lecat, who has a beautiful and engaging voice. She makes the story come alive.
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Title: The Kalahari Typing School for Men : More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith ISBN: 037542217X Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith ISBN: 1400031362 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith ISBN: 1400031354 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 03 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Today Show Book Club #8) by Alexander McCall Smith ISBN: 1400034779 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 06 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Full Cupboard of Life : More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith ISBN: 0375422188 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 20 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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