The Colors of All the Cattle: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (19) (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series)
by McCall Smith, Alexander
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1524747807
- ISBN 13
- 9781524747800
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Pantheon, 2018-11-06. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Signed by Author. Minor shelf wear to binding & edges of text block. Signed by author on 2nd ffep. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling & creases with Signed First Edition label on front cover, in a mylar cover.
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On Nov 23 2018, CloggieDownunder said:
"There were some people cut out for politics, but she was sure she was not one of them. She believed in reconciliation and compromise; politicians seemed to believe only in the routing of their opponents. That was not the way she saw the world. It was not the way her father, the late Obed Ramotswe, had seen it either. It was not the way, she was sure, that the ancestors had viewed things. It was not the Botswana way."
The Colours of All The Cattle is the nineteenth book in the popular No 1 Ladies Detective Agency by British author, Alexander McCall Smith. Life is good in Mma Precious Ramotswe's Botswana, although there are always some concerns: plans for a dubious hotel proposal next to the cemetery are a worry; the hit-and-run case in Mochudi, on which the police have given up, is offering no clues; and the vacancy on the city's council may be filled by Grace Makutsi's least favourite person if no one stands against her.
It seems that the consensus of opinion of those around her is that the only person in Gabarone who could win against the notorious Violet Sepotho is Mma Ramotswe, and her bossy friend Sylvia Potokwani effectively bullies Precious into standing. Her later attempt to withdraw is sabotaged by her sense of duty to the people of Botswana. The self-appointed campaign committee has some wonderfully amusing meetings. Precious campaigns on a platform of honesty, making no rash promises, but vowing to do her best, and she is genuinely overwhelmed, and somewhat dismayed, by the response from voters.
In this instalment: Charlie, detective-in-training and part-time mechanic, uses a frowned-upon (by Mma Ramotswe) method to obtain information, which gets him into more trouble than he had ever imagined possible; seeking information about a corrupt developer, Mma Makutsi naively undertakes a covert operation, but with less success that she had hoped; Charlie has a girlfriend, and this time things look serious, but Queenie-Queenie has not been entirely honest with him. Mma Makutsi's shoes murmur advice; and Mma Ramotswe again demonstrates her unfailing kindness and generosity.
As always, McCall Smith gives the reader a novel that has humour and wisdom, insightful observations and heartfelt emotion. Delightfully entertaining.
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- Title
- The Colors of All the Cattle: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (19) (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series)
- Author
- McCall Smith, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 1524747807
- ISBN 13
- 9781524747800
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Date Published
- 2018-11-06
- Size
- 9x6x1
- X weight
- 17 oz
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