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The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, 4)
by Alexander McCall Smith
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 037542217X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375422171
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon, April 2003. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 186 pages. Laid-in Washington Post article about Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Follow the continuing story of Botswana's first lady detective and her and profoundly moral methods.
Synopsis
Alexander McCall Smith is a professor of medical law at Edinburgh University. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and taught law at the University of Botswana. He is the author of more than fifty books: novels, children’s books, a short story collection, and specialized titles such as Forensic Aspects of Sleep . He lives in Scotland.
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- Title
- The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, 4)
- Author
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 037542217X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375422171
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- April 2003
- Keywords
- fiction, crime, detective, mystery, private investigator, PI, suspense, thriller, women, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa; Fiction; Mystery, Suspense, Detective, Crime;
- Size
- 8vo
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