The Dog Who Came in from the Cold: A Corduroy Mansions Novel
Registered by tabby-cat-owner of Bellingham, Washington USA on 3/16/2013
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CORDUROY MANSIONS - Book 2
In the Corduroy Mansions series of novels, set in London’s hip Pimlico neighborhood, we meet a cast of charming eccentrics, including perhaps the world’s most clever terrier, who make their home in a handsome, though slightly dilapidated, apartment block.
The heartwarming and hilarious new installment in the Corduroy Mansions series presents the further adventures of Alexander McCall Smith’s newest beloved character: the Pimlico terrier Freddie de la Hay.
In the elegantly crumbling mansion block in Pimlico called Corduroy Mansions, the comings and goings of the wonderfully motley crew of residents continue apace. A pair of New Age operators has determined that Terence Moongrove’s estate is the cosmologically correct place for their center for cosmological studies. Literary agent Barbara Ragg has decided to represent Autobiography of a Yeti, purportedly dictated to the author by the Abominable Snowman himself. And our small, furry, endlessly surprising canine hero Freddie de la Hay—belonging to failed oenophile William French—has been recruited by MI6 to infiltrate a Russian spy ring. Needless to say, the other denizens of Corduroy Mansions have issues of their own. But all of them will be addressed with the wit and insight into the foibles of the human condition that have become the hallmark of this peerless storyteller.
In the Corduroy Mansions series of novels, set in London’s hip Pimlico neighborhood, we meet a cast of charming eccentrics, including perhaps the world’s most clever terrier, who make their home in a handsome, though slightly dilapidated, apartment block.
The heartwarming and hilarious new installment in the Corduroy Mansions series presents the further adventures of Alexander McCall Smith’s newest beloved character: the Pimlico terrier Freddie de la Hay.
In the elegantly crumbling mansion block in Pimlico called Corduroy Mansions, the comings and goings of the wonderfully motley crew of residents continue apace. A pair of New Age operators has determined that Terence Moongrove’s estate is the cosmologically correct place for their center for cosmological studies. Literary agent Barbara Ragg has decided to represent Autobiography of a Yeti, purportedly dictated to the author by the Abominable Snowman himself. And our small, furry, endlessly surprising canine hero Freddie de la Hay—belonging to failed oenophile William French—has been recruited by MI6 to infiltrate a Russian spy ring. Needless to say, the other denizens of Corduroy Mansions have issues of their own. But all of them will be addressed with the wit and insight into the foibles of the human condition that have become the hallmark of this peerless storyteller.
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All the stories ended nicely, but I did not enjoy this book as much as I have enjoyed other books by Alexander McCall Smith. I think that it may be that Alexander McCall Smith does not have a fondness for London as he does for Scotland. This series takes place in London and London as portrayed in this book could be any city really. Also, the characters in this series have a sort of flatness. The theme for all the characters seems to be a sense of lostness or loneliness with the exception of Berthea, the psychiatrist who has a very strong personality. Berthea's son who does not play a major role in the book has a strong, selfish and unpleasant personality. The sweet dog, Freddy does not play a big role in this book as he is absent for a large part of the book.
Journal Entry 5 by tabby-cat-owner at Little Free Library - Our Savior's Lutheran Church - 1720 Harris Avenue in Fairhaven, Washington USA on Thursday, September 3, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (9/3/2020 UTC) at Little Free Library - Our Savior's Lutheran Church - 1720 Harris Avenue in Fairhaven, Washington USA
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This book was left in the Little Free Library. It was released for the 2020 You're Such An Animal release challenge.
