livro the great hippopotamus hotel from alex. mccall smith

Denominação

• Little, Brown Book Group

Nome e Morada

• Little, Brown Book Group enquiries@hachette.co.uk Carmelite House 50 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DZ

Precauções Utilização

• Cortes de papel Alergia ao pó

Sinopse

• A chance meeting with the manager of The Great Hippopotamus Hotel leads the much-admired and traditionally-built Precious Ramotswe to investigate what is going wrong with this previously successful country hotel. Guests have been unwell, clothing has disa ppeared from the washing line, and scorpions have found their way into the guest bedrooms. Mma Ramotswe drives out to the hotel with her irrepressible colleague, Grace Makutsi (97 per cent in the final examinations of the Botswana Secretarial College). W hat they find there are family conflicts that only the investigators of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency will be able to resolve. Meanwhile, at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, Mma Ramotswe's husband, Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, gets a visit from a middle-aged cli ent who wants to purchase a fast Italian sports car. What should the conscientious garagiste do in such circumstances? Should the client's wife be told? Mma Ramotswe is used to wrestling with such tricky questions, but it is harder for Mr J.L.B. Matekoni. And in the background is that beautiful country, Botswana, with its wide skies and its courteous people. In such surroundings, big problems soon seem small, and small worries fade away altogether.

Dimensões LxAxP

• 19.7 x 12.6 x 1.7 cm

Encadernação

• mole

Nº de páginas

• 240

ISBN

• 9780349145983

Editora

• Little, Brown Book Group

Data Lançamento

• 07-08-2025

Idioma

• Inglês

Autor

• Alexander McCall Smith

Sobre o Autor

• Sir Alexander McCall Smith, often referred to as 'Sandy', is one of the world's most prolific and best-loved authors. For many years he was a professor of Medical Law and worked in universities in the UK and abroad before turning his hand to writing ficti on. He has written and contributed to more than 100 books including specialist academic titles, short story collections, and a number of immensely popular children's books. His first book, The White Hippo-a children's book, was published by Hamish Hamilto n in 1980.