The Pavilion in the Clouds
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Alexander McCall Smith
Join master storyteller Alexander McCall Smith, appearing virtually from his home in Edinburgh. The delightful raconteur will bring you up to date on the latest news from Mma Ramotswe and her No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency in Botswana, the new goings on at 44 Scotland Street, and he will be discussing his new stand-alone novel, The Pavilion in the Clouds, a beautiful story set on a tea plantation in 1930s Ceylon during the final days of the British Empire.
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