16 July 2013

Alexander McCall Smith. The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs


 Alexander McCall Smith. The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs (2003) Another entertainment about Prof. Whatsisname, an academic resident at some German university. McCall Smith must have something against German academics. True, they are easy to satirise, but so are other academics, and for the same reasons. Chief of which is their conviction that all other mortals are lesser beings. Mildly amusing, but I’ve had enough of this series. I’m going to try the Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency series. * (2006)

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My Heart is Broken (Gallant, 1957)

Mavis Gallant. My Heart Is Broken . (1957) Gallant’s second collection, not published in Canada until 1964.  The settings of her stories var...