The Unbearable Lightness of Scones: A 44 Scotland Street Novel
by Smith, Alexander McCall
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1846970571
- ISBN 13
- 9781846970573
- Seller
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SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH was born in what is now Zimbabwe and taught law at the University of Botswana. He is now Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He has written more than fifty books, including a number of specialist titles, but is best known for The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, which has achieved bestseller status on four continents. In 2004 he was awarded the British Book Awards Author of the Year and the Booksellers Association Author of the Year. He lives in Scotland, where in his spare time he is a bassoonist in the RTO (Really Terrible Orchestra).
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- Bookseller
- Nigel Sustins Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007894
- Title
- The Unbearable Lightness of Scones: A 44 Scotland Street Novel
- Author
- Smith, Alexander McCall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1846970571
- ISBN 13
- 9781846970573
- Publisher
- Polygon
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 2008
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts;
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