44 Scotland Street - Alexander McCall Smith

44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 1

The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy-just ask his mother.


Welcome to 44 Scotland Street, home to some of Edinburgh's most colorful characters.
There's Pat, a twenty-year-old who has recently moved into a flat with Bruce, an
athletic young man with a keen awareness of his own appearance. Their neighbor, Domenica,
is an eccentric and insightful widow. In the flat below are Irene and her appealing
son Bertie, who is the victim of his mother's desire for him to learn the saxophone
and italian-all at the tender age of five.

Love triangles, a lost painting, intriguing
new friends, and an encounter with a famous Scottish crime writer are just a few
of the ingredients that add to this delightful and witty portrait of Edinburgh society,
which was first published as a serial in The Scotsman newspaper.