";s:4:"text";s:3281:" She is in Gaborone the capital of Botswana, a place of which she is proud. Precious continues at school until she is 16. Obed Ramotswe: Father of Precious Ramotswe, and wise breeder of cattle. ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH is the author of the No. Prior to that time, she lived with her father, save for a brief and painful marriage to a musician. Soon he proposes marriage to her, going to her father for his permission.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is the first detective novel in the eponymous series by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith, first published in 1998. One might put palm trees in the wrong place, for example in New York.Q: Do you see the Precious Ramotswe books within the context of the tradition of the classic African novel of writers like Isak Dinesen and Chinua Achebe?
As far as New York is concerned, there is a splendid group of readers whom I met when I was last there. The series contains over a dozen novels, with a new novel coming out most years. A: I hope so. He was wise with the money he earned in the mines, using it to buy cattle and slowly grow his herd, watched by a cousin while he was in the mines.
But the case that tugs at her heart–and lands her in danger–is that of a missing eleven-year-old boy who may have been snatched by witch doctors. Acacia trees cover the land. 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. The unlikelihood of a ladies detective agency in Botswana, which is the premise of the book The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (Abacus, 2003), is made completely believable by the cases the agency is called upon to solve. Howard Moffat, a doctor, is a direct descendant of Robert Moffat, the Scottish missionary who first rendered the Setswana language in written form. The house is on Zebra Drive.
She hires a secretary and solves cases for her clients. "[1] The novel explores Botswana with a deft touch as well as telling the detective stories, "in a way that is both penetrating and light".