Shelf life: Looking at secular books

Sarah Allen  |  Features  |  Secular Shelf Life
Date posted:  1 May 2008
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NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY…et al
By Alexander McCall Smith
Abacus. £6.99
ISBN 978-0349117737

I spoke to two friends this week about Alexander McCall Smith’s hugely successful series The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency and discovered two completely opposing opinions.

I think I agree with both of them. You quite possibly already know of these books, which are set in modern Botswana and feature the sensible, sympathetic Precious Ramotswe, and her quirky assistant Mma Makutse, amongst other gentle characters. But to the two opinions:

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