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    A Conspiracy of Friends
    A Conspiracy of Friends
    A Conspiracy of Friends
    Audiobook8 hours

    A Conspiracy of Friends

    Written by Alexander McCall Smith

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Beloved author Alexander McCall Smith is a worldwide phenomenon thanks to his multiple best-selling series. In A Conspiracy of Friends, life at Corduroy Mansions, nestled in London's hip Pimlico neighborhood, is as lively as ever. While Berthea Snark scribbles a scathing biography of a Parliament member- her son!- William French frets that his own son will never leave home. And to no one's surprise, clever terrier Freddie de la Hay has sniffed his way into a heap of trouble.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJun 12, 2012
    ISBN9781464048722
    A Conspiracy of Friends
    Author

    Alexander McCall Smith

    Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the award-winning series The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, and he now devotes his time to the writing of fiction, including the 44 Scotland Street and the Isabel Dalhousie series. He is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects, and his work has been translated into forty-six languages. Before becoming a full-time writer he was for many years Professor of Medical Law at Edinburgh.

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    • 1/5
      Yuck. Kinda creapy characters. I didn't care to spend time with most of them.
    • 4/5
      The denizens of Corduroy Mansion once again find themselves in interesting situations. William goes to visit his friends Geoffrey and Maggie, only to have Maggie announce her love for him. In the meantime, Freddie goes missing on their farm. Back in the apartments, Caroline is still pining for James and looking for a new roommate when her mother interferes and sets her up with Roland, a childhood friend. This series doesn't have much plot but provides a fly-on-the-wall observation of the various denizens that is oddly engaging.
    • 3/5
      A great read as usual. Some of the storylines are resolved, but others are left hanging, so hopefully we can expect another in the series.
    • 5/5
      Elegantly and without preaching, and with a lot of genuine wit and humor into the bargain, A. McCall Smith manages to bring to the surface moral dilemmas facing our society today. We do need a dose of A.McCall Smith every now and then. We really do. ( I can't even help using his sentence structure, too!...) Most of his books I place under an unassuming tag "just life", but it's not that his characters and events are predictable, far from that: could you ever imagine, for instance, Oedipus Snark changing his character this drastically (even if it involved an unimaginable freak accident) in the latest Corduroy Mansions installment?!...And how about a dog with a hilarious name Freddie de la Hay fastening his own seat belt in a car (just the image of that would make you smile!)....Those are just a couple of the examples of the writer's truly vivid imagination coupled with the ability of being totally grounded.
    • 5/5
      McCall Smith has created a delightful entry in his Corduroy Mansions series. All of the usual characters are here, going about their daily business. I finished the book a little concerned, however, that perhaps this is the final book in the series. It seemed like all of the loose ends were neatly tied up, and everything ended in a happily ever after fashion. I hope we will see more of the residents of Corduroy Mansions. They are a delight!
    • 4/5
      This is the first I have read in this series; I usually listen. As usual, AMS creates a perfect balance of humor, good writing and memorable canines. The mother/son Snark relationship is deliciously detailed as is Barbara Ragg's love and professional relationships.