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The Revolving Door of Life: 44 Scotland Street, Book 10
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
Once more we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith. With customary charm and deftness, McCall Smith gives us another instalment in this popular series, now running in its ninth season in The Scotsman. Anything could happen to Bertie and the gang....
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- Mary Carnegie
- 01-08-17
Bertie gets some freedom
Bertie having finally reached his 7th birthday, and with his tyrannical mother sowing discord in a Gulf State seraglio, experiences well deserved happiness for a time, while his paternal grandmother comes to look after the family.
To my mind, he's one of the immortal characters of fiction, both wise beyond his years, and innocent as a dove, Candide with great intelligence and wide knowledge in a child's body, a perfect guileless critic of adult hypocrisy and pretensions.
McCall Smith, though not Scots born, or perhaps because not Scots born, has the measure of our capital city in all its beauty, history, cultural heritage (and snobbishness, particularly directed towards "Weegies" - those wild fried Mars bar eaters from that unmentionable city at the other end of the M8.)
Ian Rankin and others recount the dark criminal Edinburgh- the bleak outer housing schemes, all hope lost since Thatcher cheerfully destroyed Scotland's economy but no city or country is entirely described by its worst aspects.
McCall Smith is an east coast John Galt (Annals of the Parish, The Provost, etc) who can make fine stories without sensational events.
I'm trying not to hope Irene falls under one of those mythical trams...
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- DollyBantry
- 16-04-17
More of the lovely Scotland St crew
Another great episode of this lovely series - and I could listen to David Rentoul all day.
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- P J Bassett
- 20-06-23
An escape
Clever observations about people portrayed with humour , I share his love of Scotland. Cleverly and calmly narrated very enjoyable to listen to .
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- Sara
- 16-03-23
Tedious plot
I wanted to love this, given the other reviews, but sadly I didn’t make it past the first hour… The story was meandering and dull - disappointing waste of a credit!!
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- R. Baird
- 14-02-23
A delight
A delight, as ever, beautifully read, restful and insightful.I
Full of characters that warm your soul ,interspersed with the Bertie we all love.
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- Taichivandamm
- 13-02-23
Humorous as usual
Enjoyed the usual tongue in cheek humour, observation and appreciation of the Edinburgh New Town living. Wee Bertie, what a trooper. Thank goodness for his grandma!
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- Pinky
- 10-05-22
Good story
Loved it, very entertaining, look forward to the next one, great reader well done.
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- Lynne Dickson
- 30-01-22
Delicious
Absolutely Scotland Street. There's a time and a place for everything, including these thoughtful, thought provoking, gentle stories. Love 'em.
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- larry
- 23-12-21
Can not wait for next book.
Hard to put down and think what a lovely race the scotch are.Alexander Mc cail smith carry on maestro.
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- RachPed
- 08-09-21
Always a happy time
Any time spent in the company of the 44 Scotland Street gang (or, rather, anything written by Alexander McCall Smith) is never wasted time. His writing is so perfect, the characters not so much, but they are a joy to watch unfold. These books do me so much good. Thank you Alexander
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