New York: Pantheon. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2003. First American Edition. Hardcover. First printing. The dust jacket spine is sunned. This is the fifth book in the series. Publishers Weekly finds this novel "delightful". Mma Ramotswe always solves her cases, but not in haste, and following a code of behavior and decency. They credit the author for his "always engaging" way of portraying the code that guides his protagonists.; 8vo .

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Here is the fifth novel in the internationally bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency hit series. Once again we are transported to Gaborone, capital city of Botswana, and into the world of Mma Ramotswe and her friends.THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY. FOR ALL CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS AND ENQUIRIES. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED FOR ALL PARTIES. UNDER PERSONAL MANAGEMENT.Mma Ramotswe and Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni are still engaged, but with no immediate plans to get married. Mma Ramotswe wonders when a wedding date will be named, but she is anxious to avoid putting pressure on her fiance. For indeed he has other things on his mind -- particularly a frightening request (involving a parachute jump) made by Mma Potokwani, the persuasive matron of the orphan farm.Mma Ramotswe herself has weighty matters on her mind. She has been approached by a wealthy lady to check up on several suitors. Are these men interested in her or just her money? This may be difficult to find out, but it's just the kind of case Mma Ramotswe likes and she is, as we know, a very intuitive lady.Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi -- plucky assistant detective and deputy manager of the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors garage -- is moving. Her entrepreneurial venture, the Kalahari Typing School for Men, is thriving and with this new income she has rented two rooms in a house. Her spare time is occupied with planning the move, the decor and her new life in a house with running water all to herself.In the background of all this is Botswana, a country of empty spaces and echoing skies, a country so beautiful and entrancing that it breaks your heart. Mma Ramotswe has prepared the bush tea and is waiting for us to join her.From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller: E Ridge fine Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9995
Title: The Full Cupboard of Life
Author: Smith, Alexander McCall
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: First American Edition
Publisher: Pantheon
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2003
Keywords: Botswana - Fiction - Women, Fiction - Mystery- Women Detective - Africa - Botswana
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction: Mysteries/Thrillers & General; Giftable Books;

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