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Espresso Tales

"Between glances in the mirror, vain Bruce contemplates a new career as a wine merchant. His troubled flatmate Pat finds herself looking for true love at a nudist picnic. Precocious Bertie, now six years old, prepares for kindergarten despite the horror of being forced to wear pink overalls. Meanwhile, his domineering mother Irene and his psychotherapist Dr. Fairbairn struggle with dark secrets as Bertie plots his rebellion against them."--Container.

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  • ""Between glances in the mirror, vain Bruce contemplates a new career as a wine merchant. His troubled flatmate Pat finds herself looking for true love at a nudist picnic. Precocious Bertie, now six years old, prepares for kindergarten despite the horror of being forced to wear pink overalls. Meanwhile, his domineering mother Irene and his psychotherapist Dr. Fairbairn struggle with dark secrets as Bertie plots his rebellion against them."--Container."@en
  • "In Espresso Tales, Alexander McCall Smith returns to Edinburgh and the residents of 44 Scotland Street, with a new set of challenges for each one of them. Bruce, the intolerably vain and perpetually deluded ex-surveyor, is about to embark on a new career as a wine merchant, while his long-suffering flatmate Pat MacGregor finds herself invited to a nudist picnic in the pursuit of true love. Prodigious six-year-old Bertie Pollock wants a boy's life of fishing and rugby, not yoga and pink dungarees..."
  • "Between glances in the mirror, vain Bruce contemplates a new career as a wine merchant. His troubled flat-mate Pat finds herself looking for true love at a nudist picnic. Precocious Bertie, now six years old, prepares for kindergarten despite the horror of being forced to wear pink overalls. Meanwhile, his domineering mother Irene and his psychotherapist Dr. Fairbairn struggle with dark secrets as Bertie plots his rebellion against them. And so it's business as usual in the Georgian townhouse at 44 Scotland Street.--"@en
  • "Between glances in the mirror, vain Bruce contemplates a new career as a wine merchant. His troubled flatmate Pat finds herself looking for true love at a nudist picnic. Precocious Bertie, now six years old, prepares for kindergarten despite the horror of being forced to wear pink overalls. Meanwhile, his domineering mother Irene and his psychotherapist Dr. Fairbairn struggle with dark secrets as Bertie plots his rebellion against them."@en
  • "Bertie the precocious 6-year-old is still in therapy; Bruce still holds himself in high esteem; and Dominica continues to observe events with mordant wit."@en
  • "McCall Smith returns to Edinburgh and the residents of 44 Scotland Street, with a new set of challenges for each of them. Bruce contemplates a new career as a wine merchant. His flatmate Pat finds herself looking for love at a nudist picnic. Bertie, now six years old, prepares for kindergarten despite the horror of being forced to wear pink overalls."
  • "An affectionate portrait of a city and its people displaying the author's broad comedy, cheerful satire and philosophical asides where Bertie the precocious 6-year-old is still in therapy, Bruce still holds himself in high esteem, and Dominica continues to observe events with mordant wit."@en
  • "Between glances in the mirror, vain Bruce contemplates a new career as a wine merchant. His troubled flatmate Pat finds herself looking for true love at a nudist picnic. Precocious Bertie, now six years old, prepare for kindergarten despite the horror of being forced to wear pink overalls. Meanwhile, his domineering mother Irene and his psychotherapist Dr. Fairbairn struggle with dark secrets as Bertie plots his rebellion against them."@en
  • "In Espresso Tales, Alexander McCall Smith returns to Edinburgh and the residents of 44 Scotland Street, with a new set of challenges for each one of them. Bruce, the intolerably vain and perpetually deluded ex-surveyor, is about to embark on a new career as a wine merchant, while his long-suffering flatmate Pat MacGregor finds herself invited to a nudist picnic in the pursuit of true love. Prodigious six-year-old Bertie Pollock wants a boy's life of fishing and rugby, not yoga and pink dungarees, so he plots rebellion against his bossy, crusading mother Irene and his psychotherapist. But when Bertie's longed-for trip to Glasgow with his ineffectual father ends in shady dealings, it looks like Bertie should have been more careful about what he wished for. Tackling issues of trust and honesty, snobbery and hypocrisy, love and loss, all with great lightness of touch, this elegant and funny novel is hugely entertaining."@en

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  • "Talking books"@en
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  • "Humorous stories"@en
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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"@en

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  • "Espresso Tales"@en
  • "Espresso tales"
  • "Espresso tales"@en
  • "Espresso tales the latest from 44 Scotland Street"@en
  • "Espresso tales the new 44 Scotland Street novel"
  • "Espresso tales the new 44 Scotland Street novel"@en
  • "Espresso"@en

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