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Article: BOOK REVIEWS: Alexander THE GREAT; THE KALAHARI TYPING SCHOOL FOR MEN BY ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH (Abacus, pounds 6.99) HHHH.(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 20, 2004
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Byline: ANDREA HENRY
Take a look at the paperback fiction charts and you'll see the name of Zimbabwean-born Scots author Alexander McCall Smith riding high. As a 55-year-old professor of medical law, McCall Smith is not the obvious candidate to be the bestselling author of the feel-good No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels.
These gentle stories from everyday Botswana are a dazzling example of word-of-mouth buzz winning out over money-guzzling publicity campaigns. They've now notched up a million sales across the series since last ...