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44 Scotland Street
- Narrated by: Blythe Duff
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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Summary
Winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library Award, 2004.
First published in 110 episodes in The Scotsman newspaper, 44 Scotland Street revolves around the comings and goings at No. 44 Scotland Street, a fictitious building in a real street in the author's home city of Edinburgh.
One of McCall Smith's particular talents is his ability to portray archetypes without resorting to stereotype or cliche. We immediately recognise the Edinburgh chartered surveyor, stalwart of the Conservative Association, who dreams of membership of Scotland's most exclusive golf club. We have the pushy Stockbridge mother, and her prodigiously talented 5-year-old son, who is making good progress with the saxophone and with his Italian. Then there is Domenica Macdonald who is that type of Edinburgh lady who sees herself as a citizen of a broader intellectual world.
44 Scotland Street is vintage McCall Smith, tackling issues of trust and honesty, snobbery and hypocrisy, love and loss, but all with great lightness of touch.
Critic reviews
"The possibility of romance, the ongoing ups and downs of the large, well-drawn cast of characters, the intricate plot, and the way Smith nimbly jumps from situation to situation and POV to POV...works beautifully." ( Publishers Weekly)
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- Mrs Bridget Bateson
- 06-04-18
44 Scotland Street was well read
Disappointing finish to this story. It seemed to end abruptly mid tale. Is there another part to this story? Well read thank you
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- Pud
- 17-01-16
Great book loved listening to it.ur
Would you listen to 44 Scotland Street again? Why?
The first you don't take every thing in. So far have heard it twice
What did you like best about this story?
All the difference people in it. It came to life for me
What does Blythe Duff bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
I love her voice, it's been so long since I heard her on on TV it was a great surprise
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Go and be entertained
Any additional comments?
Put it on tv please
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- a mills
- 06-02-23
Too condensed!
Warmed up slowly; was just getting immersed into the setting, characters & humour of the book, when it ended!
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- Dee Murray
- 16-06-17
Beautiful narration
I thoroughly enjoyed this book not least because of the narrator. She captures the Edinburgh accents perfectly (to my Glaswegian ears at least). As Domenica she sounds like a neighbour who is from Edinburgh. The book is about a close in Edinburgh and the people who live there. Some you will love, some you will like well enough and one, maybe two, you will not like at all. Poor Bertie. I don't usually listen to abridged books but didn't feel anything lacking. I had a look to see if Blythe Duff had recorded anything else but, sadly, there's nothing in the Audible library. I hope she does more soon. I recommend this book.
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