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Tears of the Giraffe is the second in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Botswana, which features the Motswana protagonist Precious Ramotswe. The agency takes on two cases, one involving a college-aged boy who disappeared ten years earlier, and the other a local man who does not understand why ...
2000: Tears of the Giraffe; 2001: Morality for Beautiful Girls; 2002: The Kalahari Typing School for Men; 2003: The Full Cupboard of Life; 2004: In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (also known as: The Night-Time Dancer) 2006: Blue Shoes and Happiness; 2007: The Good Husband of Zebra Drive; 2008: The Miracle at Speedy Motors
The first three novels appeared in 2002 in the USA. In their review of the first novel in the series, Kirkus Reviews notes that "The first American publication of this 1999 debut has been preceded by two special Booker citations and two sequels, Tears of the Giraffe (2000) and Morality for Beautiful Girls (2001), both forthcoming in the series ...
Tears of the Giraffe (2000) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is the first detective novel in the eponymous series by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith , first published in 1998. The novel introduces the Motswana Mma Precious Ramotswe, who begins the first detective agency in Botswana, in the capital city Gaborone , after her beloved ...
Due to early health problems she moves about in a wheelchair. She was introduced in Tears of the Giraffe. Puso: Five years younger brother of Motholeli. He is a lively boy. He and his sister are of the Basarwa people of Gaborone, hunter-gatherers who live in the bush. He was introduced in Tears of the Giraffe.
Due to early health problems she moves about in a wheelchair. She is learning how to cook now. She was introduced in Tears of the Giraffe. Puso: Five years younger brother of Motholeli. He is a lively boy. He and his sister are of the Basarwa people of Gaborone, hunter-gatherers who live in the bush. He was introduced in Tears of the Giraffe.
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In the books, Von Igelfeld is depicted as: a "Professor Dr" proud, stoic, and unable or unwilling to admit or face failure or imminent disaster in his professional or personal life (frequently the basis for the humour in these novels) a philologist