{"product_id":"9780349118970-44-scotland-street","title":"44 Scotland Street","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook 1 in the hugely popular 44 Scotland Street series by worldwide bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBook 1 in the hugely popular 44 Scotland Street series by worldwide bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexander McCall Smith's delightful Scotland Street occupies a busy, bohemian corner of Edinburgh's New Town, where the old bourgeoisie rubs shoulders with students, poets and eccentrics. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Pat is accepted as a new tenant at number 44 Scotland Street, she isn't sure how long she'll last. Her flatmate Bruce, a rugby-playing chartered surveyor, is impossibly narcissistic, carelessly philandering and infuriatingly handsome. Downstairs lives pretentious Irene Pollock, whose five-year-old son is in therapy after setting fire to his father's copy of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e. And watching over them all is shrewd, intellectual Domenica Macdonald, anthropologist and sharp-eyed observer of the household's activities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR THE 44 SCOTLAND STREET SERIES:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Perfect escapist fiction' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Simple, elegantly written and gently insightful' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Book Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A joyous, charming portrait of city life and human foibles' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Does for Edinburgh what Armistead Maupin did for San Francisco. A light-hearted, genial soap opera'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943368437857,"sku":"9780349118970","price":5.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29593723.jpg?v=1725609475","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349118970-44-scotland-street","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}