The Pavilion in the Clouds

Alexander McCall Smith

October 10, 2021 11:00 am

Master story teller Alexander McCall Smith talks about his many writing projects – the latest updates from Mma Ramotswe’s No 1 Ladies Detective agency in Botswana, and new goings on at 44 Scotland Street and 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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The Pavilion in the Clouds

Alexander McCall Smith

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