An edition of The Careful Use of Compliments (2007)

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An edition of The Careful Use of Compliments (2007)

The careful use of compliments

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Now in B format. The fourth novel in the hugely popular Sunday Philosophy Club series. For philosophically minded Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, getting through life with a clear conscience requires careful thought. And with the arrival of baby Charlie, not to mention a passionate relationship with his father Jamie, fourteen years her junior, Isabel enters deeper and rougher waters. Late motherhood is not the only challenge facing Isabel. Even as she negotiates a truce with her furious niece Cat, and struggles for authority over her son with her formidable housekeeper Grace, Isabel finds herself drawn into the story of a painter's mysterious death off the island of Jura. Perhaps most seriously of all, Isabel's professional existence and that of her beloved Review come under attack from the machiavellian and suspiciously handsome Professor Dove. A master storyteller whether debating ethics in Edinburgh or pursuing lady detectives in Africa, here Alexander McCall Smith is as witty and wise as his irresistibly spirited heroine.

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Publisher
Abacus
Language
English
Pages
261

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Cover of: Le bon usage des compliments
Le bon usage des compliments
2008, Fides
in French
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The careful use of compliments
2008, Anchor Books
in English - 1st Anchor Books ed.
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The careful use of compliments
2008, Abacus
in English
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The careful use of compliments
2007, Little, Brown, Little, Brown & Company
in English
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The careful use of compliments
2007, Pantheon Books
in English
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The careful use of compliments
2007, Windsor
in English - Large print ed.

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Edition Notes

Originally published: London: Little, Brown, 2007.

Collated 20090109 Complete

Published in
London
Series
The Sunday Philosophy Club series, Sunday Philosophy Club series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.914
Library of Congress
PR6063 MACC, PR6063.C326

The Physical Object

Pagination
261 pages
Number of pages
261

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32775123M
Internet Archive
carefuluseofcomp0000mcca_w9r8
ISBN 10
034911806X
ISBN 13
9780349118062
OCLC/WorldCat
227274996

Work Description

In addition to being the nosiest and most sypathetic philosopher you are likely to meet, Isabel is now a mother. Charlies, her newborn son, presents her with a myriad wonders of a new life, and doting father Jamie presents her with an intriguing proposal: marriage. In the midst of all this, she receives a disturbing letter announcing that she has been ousted as editor of the Review of Applied Ethics by the ambitious Professor Dove. None of these things, however, in any way diminshes Isabel's curiosity. And when she attends an art auction, she finds an irresistable puzzle: two paintings attributed to a now-deceased artist appear on the market at the same time, and both of them exhibit some unusual characteristics. Are these paintings forgeries? This proves to be sufficient fodder for Isabel's inquisitiveness. So she begins an investigation... and soon finds herself diverging from her philosophical musings about fatherhood onto a path that leads her into the mysteries of the art world and the soul of an artist.

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