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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 823.914 EAN: 9780375425134 ISBN: 0375425136 Label: Pantheon Manufacturer: Pantheon Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: September 23, 2008 Publisher: Pantheon Release Date: September 23, 2008 Studio: Pantheon Editorial Review: Product Description: In the fabulous new installment in the best-selling adventures of Isabel Dalhousie, Isabel is asked to help a doctor who has been disgraced by allegations of scientific fraud concerning a newly marketed drug. Our ever-curious moral philosopher finds her interest piqued. Would a doctor with a stellar reputation make such a simple but grave mistake? If not, what explains the tragic accident that resulted in the death of a patient? Clearly, an investigation is in order, especially since a man's reputation is in jeopardy. Could he be the victim of someone else's mistake? Or perhaps he has been willfully deceived by a pharmaceutical company with a great deal to gain. Not every problem prompts an investigation (take, for example, her ongoing struggle with her housekeeper, Grace, over the care of Isabel's infant son, Charlie), but, as we've seen, whatever the case, whatever the solution, Isabel's combination of spirit, smarts, empathy, and unabashed nosiness guarantees a delightful adventure. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not my favoriteAlexander McCall Smith is one of my favorite authors. This book, though, is a little heavy on the philosophical musings and a little light on plot. I have always liked the main character, Isabel, the editor of a publication titled "Review of Applied Ethics" because she is a cerebral person; because she raises and attempts to answer an assortment of ethical, historical, and philosophical questions; and because she is an independent sort. But there are so many "asides" here - so many quips and quotes ... Read More Rating:  - A good book for any kind of dayThis is a fabulous book for any kind of day, as are all McCall Smith's novels - and readers in the USA might want to know that you can read his new online novel at www.telegraph.co.uk and read a new chapter every day. How many authors have the extraordinary breadth of a McCall Smith - Botswana lady detectives, Edinburgh lady philosophers, hilariously funny stories of German academics and people in an Edinburgh house, and now a wonderful online novel of people living in a socially mixed part of London. ... Read More Rating: - A Good Read, with ReservationsI enjoy the Isabel Dalhousie series, and this book is no exception. Well, not really. McCall Smith is an expert in introducing promising subplots that never really go anywhere. He did it again in this book. I believe "....Muddy Saturday" would have been even better if at least one of the subplot (the one involving the character Nick Smart) had been taken further. Clearly, McCall Smith's intent is to continue the stories of the three or four major characters. As always, that's his stong point, and he come ... Read More Rating: - A good book for a rainy dayI love Smith's Isabel Dalhousie series. From the very first book, The Sunday Philosophy Club, reading them is like entering a special world. His settings and characterizations are nearly flawless, and the human touch, the joys and sorrows of life, are handled beautifully. After reading this latest book, filled with bits of poetry and music, intelligent ideas and musings of the human heart, I felt that if I ever had to chose a few dozen books as favorites, this one and the four that preceded it would ... Read More |
