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(3.72) | 2 / 794 | 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 witch doctors.… (plus d'informations) |
▾Recommandations de LibraryThing  ▾Recommandations des membres 40 Le Déjeuner du Coroner par Colin Cotterill (heidialice)41 En plein cœur par Louise Penny (bell7)bell7: Readers who enjoy Mma Ramotswe's understanding of people may also appreciate Inspector Gamache's methods and insistence that listening to and understanding people solve cases. 20 A Guide to the Birds of East Africa par Nicholas Drayson (bookwoman247)bookwoman247: Both books have a similar, lighthearted tone, and of course, they have the African setting in common. 10 The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate par Jacqueline Kelly (stevedore)stevedore: Similar light-hearted quirky characters and lack of dramatic tension. 10 Frangipanier par Célestine Hitiura Vaite (jayne_charles)jayne_charles: Culturally illuminating with similar feelgood vibe 10 Wife of the Gods par Kwei Quartey (-Eva-)-Eva-: It's a little more gruesome than McCall Smith's books, but it's a true pageturner! 10 Baking Cakes in Kigali par Gaile Parkin (elbakerone)elbakerone: Although they take place in different African countries (Smith's Botswana and Parkin's Rwanda), both books have a similar flavor with the leading ladies helping out their neighbors. Throughout their respective stories, each book reveals a bit about the culture and daily life of the country where it takes place.… (plus d'informations) 00 L'homme qui exauce les voeux par Tarquin Hall (bookmomo)bookmomo: Both books are cory mysteries, with different plotlines, in an exotic environment. Nice, comfortable reads 00 The Cliff House Strangler par Shirley Tallman (missmaddie)missmaddie: Mystery novels filled with woman power! 00 Notre quelque part par Nii Ayikwei Parkes (sanddancer)01 Jana Bibi's Excellent Fortunes par Betsy Woodman (amyblue)amyblue: Although Jana Bibi is set in India and No. 1 Ladies detective Agency is set in Botswana, both have a great respect for the local culture but are told from a more western perspective, and both have a cast of quirky characters.
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Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue. ...was featureless land, cluttered with low thorn trees, on the branches of which there perched the hornbills and the fluttering molopes, with their long, trailing tail feathers. It was a world that seemed to have no end, and that, I think, is what made Africa in those days so different. There was no end to it. A man could walk, or ride, forever, and he would never get anywhere. -Page 15 ...every man has a map in his heart of his own country and that the heart will never allow you to forget this map. -Page 18 The problem, of course, was that people did not seem to understand the difference between right and wrong. They needed to be reminded about this, because if you left it to them to work out for themselves, they would never bother. They would just find out what was best for them, and then they would call that the right thing. That’s how most people thought. -Page 35 The Reverend looked down at the ground, which, in her experience, was where people usually looked if they felt truly sorry. The shamelessly unrepentant, she found, always looked up at the sky. -Page 68 If she had listened to her father, if she had listened to the cousin’s husband, she would never have married Note and the years of unhappiness would never have occurred. But they did, because she was headstrong, as everybody is at the age of twenty, and when we simply cannot see, however much we may think we can. The world is full of twenty-year-olds, she thought, all of them blind. -Page 135 Mma Ramotswe did not want Africa to change. She did not want her people to become like everybody else, soulless, selfish, forgetful of what it means to be an African, or, worse still, ashamed of Africa. She would not be anything but an African, never, even if somebody came up to her and said “Here is a pill, the very latest thing. Take it and it will make you into an American.” She would say no. Never. No thank you. -Page 215 | |
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