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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0349120994
- ISBN 13
- 9780349120997
- Seller
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
9 Copies Available from This Seller
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About This Item
Abacus/Little, Brown Book, United Kingdom, 2008. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 256 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 9. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Crime Fiction; ISBN: 0349120994. ISBN/EAN: 9780349120997. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB12491. . 9780349120997
Synopsis
This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to "help people with problems in their lives." Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. But the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors.The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency received two Booker Judges' Special Recommendations and was voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Reviews
On Aug 5 2018, a reader said:
The ambiance and character of the land and people in this charming book are absolutely captivating. It makes you eagerly anticipate the next book in the sequence. Alexander McCall Smith's genuine love of Africa lures one to read more and more and his characters are both believable representative of real life.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RB12491
- Title
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- Author
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 9
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0349120994
- ISBN 13
- 9780349120997
- Publisher
- Abacus/Little, Brown Book
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- BZDB1 Crime Fiction; ISBN: 0349120994 EAN: 9780349120997 Alexander McCall Smith The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
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About the Seller
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Biblio member since 2004
Katoomba, New South Wales
About Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Mr Pickwick's occupies a large, 3-storey former Bank building in the heart of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. We carry over 60,000 books in store, and cater to both the specialist collector trade as well as the general book trade in this region. Mr Pickwick's is one of the most comprehensive bookshops in Australia, and also operates an extensive Bookfinder service for its several thousand database clients.
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