Espresso Tales – Alexander McCall Smith
Posted By Laura on February 10, 2007
Espresso Tales is the second of (currently) 3 books about the residents of 44 Scotland Street, Edinburgh. It continues to follow the lives of Pat and her egocentric, narcissistic flatmate Bruce, Bertie the exceptionally clever 6 year old boy, Domenica MacDonald, the social anthropologist and many other characters we have picked up on the way. In this installment, Pat attends a nudist party at Moray Place, Bruce finds himself in a pickle with his new business, Bertie starts rebelling and Domenica has an idea for a new project. We also find out about other, peripheral characters like Matthew (Pat’s boss).
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, which was first published as a daily novel in the Scotsman. It is lovely reading gossip-y sorts of books which are also quite intellectual. And it is also fun reading books about places that I know very well. Smith writes about Edinburgh, and he is always accurate with his descriptions. It makes it even better reading 
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