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The Sunday Philosophy Club

The Sunday Philosophy Club

by Alexander Mc Call Smith (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

    $3.42

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    Paperback 2005

    $3.27

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    Hardcover 2004

    $4.22
Synopsis

Amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher who also uses her training to solve unusual mysteries. Isabel is Editor of the Review of Applied Ethics - which addresses such questions as 'Truth telling in sexual relationships' - and she also hosts The Sunday Philosophy Club at her house in Edinburgh. Behind the city's Georgian facades its moral compasses are spinning with greed, dishonesty and murderous intent. Instinct tells Isabel that the young man who tumbled to his death in front of her eyes at a concert in the Usher Hall didn't fall. He was pushed. The Sunday Philosophy Club marks new territory - but familiar moral ground - from the author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. With Isabel Dalhousie Alexander Mccall Smith introduces a new and pneumatic female sleuth to tackle murder, mayhem - and the mysteries of life. As her hero WH Auden maintained, classic detective fiction stems from a desire for an uncorrupted Eden which the detective, as an agent of God, can return to us. But then Isabel, being a philosopher, has a thing or two to say about God as well.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Publisher: Abacus
Published: 02 Jun 2005
ISBN 10: 034911868X
ISBN 13: 9780349118680

Media Reviews
'Vintage McCall Smith, written with a characteristic twinkle in his eye and the graceful clarity of an aesthetically attuned lawyer.' GLASGOW HERALD 'The No. 2 Lady Detective... anyone who loves Precious cannot fail to be charmed' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Isabel Dalhousie's charm is undeniable' SUNDAY TIMES 'The suspense last till the end; and McCall Smith has the gift of evoking an entire social atmosphere in very few and simple words.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'I would not have thought it possible that Prof McCall Smith could invent another character as wonderful as Precious Ramotswe but, in Isabel Dalhousie, he has.' COUNTRY LIFE 'McCall Smith's greatest gift as a writer- and God knows this is just one of many gifts the 56 year old possesses- is that he can write likeable characters.' NEW STATESMAN 'A warm and comfortable read.' IRELAND ON SUNDAY 'Though his writing is leisurely, he keeps his narrative moving along. It's a rare gift to be able to have your reader pause to think while at the same time keeping the story advancing... Those acquainted with Alexander McCall Smith's novels have no need to be told or reminded of the charm of his writing; but because his manner is so relaxed, so easy and friendly, it's possible to overlook the fact that he is really a very serious writer, concerned with questions of how we should feel, think and behave.' SCOTSMAN 'Terrific start to a new series. Don't miss it.' WOMAN & HOME 'Brilliant.' HEAT 'McCall Smith's writing is timeless, dry, comic and affectionate.' IRISH TATLER 'The story moves at a slow pace but that is never a problem, for every word is to be relished.' GLASGOW EVENING TIMES
Author Bio
McCall Smith is a Professor of Medical Law as well as an author who has written over 50 books on a wide range of subjects: from Forensic Aspects of Sleep to The Criminal Law of Botswana, The Perfect Hamburger (children's fiction) to Portuguese Irregular Verbs (short stories).