Corduroy Mansions

Alexander McCall Smith

eBook - 2010

CORDUROY MANSIONS - Book 1 In the Corduroy Mansions series of novels, set in London’s hip Pimlico neighborhood, we meet a cast of charming eccentrics, including perhaps the world’s most clever terrier, who make their home in a handsome, though slightly dilapidated, apartment block. Corduroy Mansions is the affectionate nickname given to a genteel, crumbling mansion block in London’s vibrant Pimlico neighborhood and the home turf of a captivating collection of quirky and altogether McCall-Smithian characters. There’s the middle-aged wine merchant William, who’s trying to convince his reluctant twenty-four-year-old son, Eddie, to leave the nest; and Marcia, the boutique caterer who has her sights set on William. There’s also the (...justifiably) much-loathed Member of Parliament Oedipus Snark; his mother, Berthea, who’s writing his biography and hating every minute of it; and his long-suffering girlfriend,...

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Published
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language
English
Main Author
Alexander McCall Smith
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Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ASINB003L78268
Release Date7/13/2010
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780307379306
Release Date7/13/2010