ESPRESSO TALES(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　’It is hard to think of a contemporary writer more genuinely
engaging…(his) novels are also extremely funny: I find it
impossible to think about them without smiling’ Craig Brown, Mail
on Sunday ‘A treasure of a writer whose books deserve immediate
devouring’ Marcel Berlins, Guardian ‘As warm as cocoa, as cosy as
thermal underwear, and just what the doctor ordered for the cold
winter evenings’ THE TIMES

　　Alexander McCall Smith’s many fans will be pleased with this
latest installment in the bestselling 44 Scotland Street series.
Back are all our favorite denizens of a 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 neighbor. McCall
Smith has much in store for them as the brief spell of glorious
summer sunshine gives way to fall a season cursed with more
traditionally Scottish weather. Full of McCall Smith’s gentle humor
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 it one of the most vibrant and interesting places
in the world.”

　　McCall Smith is a Emeritus 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 The 2 1/2
Pillars of Wisdom.