From alexandermccallsmithbooks.co.uk:

In the first of this delightful series, Pat MacGregor moves in to 44 Scotland Street with the narcissistic Bruce Anderson. An Edinburgh chartered surveyor and stalwart of the Conservative Association, he dreams of membership of Scotland’s most exclusive golf club. Their neighbours include Irene Pollock, the pushy Stockbridge mother, and her prodigiously talented five-year old son Bertie, who is making good progress with the saxophone and with his Italian. And last but not least Domenica Macdonald, that type of Edinburgh lady who sees herself as a citizen of a broader intellectual world.

Illustrations by Iain McIntosh

Abacus 2005

- Today's purchase from Kontti (the flea market of the Finnish Red Cross) in Itäkeskus (4 paperbacks for 1 €).

Titles in the series:

44 Scotland Street
Espresso Tales
Love Over Scotland
The World According to Bertie
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
The Importance of Being Seven
Bertie Plays the Blues
Sunshine on Scotland Street
Bertie’s Guide to Life and Mothers
The Revolving Door of Life
The Bertie Project

Another type of McCall Smith now, here's a trip to Edinburgh instead of Botswana :)

Oooh, I've been waiting for this to magically appear!

Yeeaah... no. I didn't like this. The characters were flat and one-dimensional. There was no real string to attach them to one-another (except for the address where the "main characters" lived). Poor Bertie didn't get his closure or happy ending :(

I'm taking this with me to my geocaching event in Jakari. If no-one picks it up I'll take it to the main library bc-shelf.

Have fun reading!