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The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

By: Alexander McCall Smith
Narrated by: David Rintoul
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About this listen

 To the casual observer, the great enlightened city of Edinburgh, home of no-nonsense sermons and cream teas, might appear immune to the rollercoaster of strong emotions.

But at 44 Scotland Street, as Matthew and Elspeth embark on the risky enterprise of married love, the raffish portrait painter Angus Lordie has a premonition of disaster.

Soon enough Irene Pollock is shocked to learn that her small son Bertie harbours a highly unsuitable ambition; and Angus finds himself facing a large Glaswegian gangster bearing gifts....

©2009 Alexander McCall Smith (P)2009 Hachette Digital City Life Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Urban Scotland Comedy

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Not so keen on the abridged versions though. Read very well, I do love these books

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Great but please can David read the earlier ones unabridged!!! The dialogue is so good…

I want it unabridged!

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unfortunately, although i love this collection of books, i am not keen on abridged books. but sadly it is as far as i can see, not possible to obtain an unabridged version of this story.

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What I said before it's my favourite of all the Bertie books this far and I've read them all

This one's my favourite

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This is another delightful episode in the lives of the residents of Scotland Street, told in the usual inimitable style of Alexander McCall Smith and read beautifully by David Rintoul. I laughed out loud at several incidents (embarassing as I was travelling by train at the time!). I grew up in Edinburgh and get really homesick every time I read one of these tales.

Further travails of Bertie

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