Alexander McCall Smith

translated by Alexander McCall Smith

And who else would trouble to inform us that “The Emperor Justinian, . . . believed that homosexuality caused earthquakes”?... Full review >

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by Alexander McCall Smith & illustrated by Iain McIntosh

Though the first story is piffle, the second is a worthy apotheosis for Smith’s charmingly clueless pedagogue. (Illus.... Full review >

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by Alexander McCall Smith

The dénouement, which brings Mma Ramotswe face to face with evil, is the perfect climax to a tale as refreshing as a month... Full review >

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by Alexander McCall Smith

A powerful demonstration of Smith’s ability to dramatize the ways everyday situations spawn the ethical dilemmas that keep... Full review >

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by Alexander McCall Smith

Like Henry James, Smith clearly believes that relations stop nowhere; unlike James, he seems determined to trace every... Full review >

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by Alexander McCall Smith

Vintage Smith, of a body and bouquet that even Bruce would appreciate. Full review >

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by Alexander McCall Smith

Beneath the slender mystery is a celebration of Isabel’s fallible but resolutely ethical approach to life, charming and... Full review >

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by Alexander McCall Smith

Smith maintains the most civilized standards in the annals of detective fiction. But now, for the first time, he plots as if... Full review >

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by Alexander McCall Smith

As usual in this wise and literate series (The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday, 2008, etc.), nothing much happens. Yet readers... Full review >

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by Alexander McCall Smith

Lacking Precious Ramotswe’s exotic locale (The Kalahari Typing School for Men, 2003, etc.), Isabel has to get by on civility... Full review >

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by Alexander McCall Smith

Inspector Ghote meets Mr. Parker Pyne. Readers who haven’t yet discovered Mma Ramotswe will enjoy discovering how her quiet... Full review >

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by Alexander McCall Smith

The elevated proportion of reminiscences, facts and opinions to incremental new developments suggests that Smith’s... Full review >

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