Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith

ISBN: 9781904598558 / 1904598552 - Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith. Published by Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited, 2005. Hardcover. Used, Very Good condition. 345 pp.

44 Scotland Street Series, Book 2.

Back are all our favourite denizens of a converted Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh. Bertie, the immensely talented six-year-old, is now enrolled in kindergarten, and much to his dismay, has been clad in pink overalls for his first day of class. Bruce has lost his job as a surveyor and, between admiring glances in the mirror, is contemplating becoming a wine merchant. Pat is embarking on a new life at Edinburgh University and perhaps on a new relationship, courtesy of Domenica, her witty and worldly-wise neighbour. In any event, he couldn’t be less suitable than her ill-fated flirtation with Bruce.

Full of McCall Smith’s gentle humour and sympathy for his characters, Espresso Tales is also an affectionate portrait of a city and its people who, in the author’s own words, “make Edinburgh one of the most vibrant and interesting places in the world.”

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