The Resource The careful use of compliments, Alexander McCall Smith
The careful use of compliments, Alexander McCall Smith
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- Summary
- In addition to being the nosiest and most sympathetic philosopher you are likely to meet, Isabel is now a mother. Charles, her newborn son, presents her with a myriad wonders of a new life, and doting father Jamie presents her with an intriguing proposal: marriage. In the midst of all this, she receives a disturbing letter announcing that she has been ousted as editor of the Review of Applied Ethics by the ambitious Professor Dove. None of these things, however, in any way diminishes Isabel's curiosity. And when she attends an art auction, she finds an irresistible puzzle: two paintings attributed to a now-deceased artist appear on the market at the same time, and both of them exhibit some unusual characteristics. Are these paintings forgeries? This proves to be sufficient fodder for Isabel's inquisitiveness. So she begins an investigation ... and soon finds herself diverging from her philosophical musings about fatherhood onto a path that leads her into the mysteries of the art world and the soul of an artist
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Anchor books edition.
- Extent
- 247 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400077120
- Label
- The careful use of compliments
- Title
- The careful use of compliments
- Statement of responsibility
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Subject
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- Women editors
- trueWomen editors
- trueWomen amateur detectives
- trueScotland
- trueMiddle-aged women
- trueMen/women relations
- trueAmericans in Great Britain
- trueAmericans in Scotland
- Art -- Forgeries
- Art -- Forgeries -- Fiction
- Art dealers
- trueArt dealers
- Art dealers -- Fiction
- trueArt forgeries
- trueArt fraud
- trueDalhousie, Isabel (Fictitious character)
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories, English
- Fiction
- trueHousehold employees
- trueInterpersonal relations
- trueHousekeepers
- Women editors -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In addition to being the nosiest and most sympathetic philosopher you are likely to meet, Isabel is now a mother. Charles, her newborn son, presents her with a myriad wonders of a new life, and doting father Jamie presents her with an intriguing proposal: marriage. In the midst of all this, she receives a disturbing letter announcing that she has been ousted as editor of the Review of Applied Ethics by the ambitious Professor Dove. None of these things, however, in any way diminishes Isabel's curiosity. And when she attends an art auction, she finds an irresistible puzzle: two paintings attributed to a now-deceased artist appear on the market at the same time, and both of them exhibit some unusual characteristics. Are these paintings forgeries? This proves to be sufficient fodder for Isabel's inquisitiveness. So she begins an investigation ... and soon finds herself diverging from her philosophical musings about fatherhood onto a path that leads her into the mysteries of the art world and the soul of an artist
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 172403
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McCall Smith, Alexander
- Dewey number
-
- 823/.914
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Isabel Dalhousie series
- Series volume
- 0004
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Women editors
- Art dealers
- Art
- Art dealers
- Art
- Women editors
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- an Isabel Dalhousie novel
- Label
- The careful use of compliments, Alexander McCall Smith
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1106153
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- First Anchor books edition.
- Extent
- 247 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400077120
- Lccn
- 2008276683
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781400077120
- (OCoLC)244628419
- Label
- The careful use of compliments, Alexander McCall Smith
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1106153
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- First Anchor books edition.
- Extent
- 247 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400077120
- Lccn
- 2008276683
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781400077120
- (OCoLC)244628419
Subject
- Women editors
- trueWomen editors
- trueWomen amateur detectives
- trueScotland
- trueMiddle-aged women
- trueMen/women relations
- trueAmericans in Great Britain
- trueAmericans in Scotland
- Art -- Forgeries
- Art -- Forgeries -- Fiction
- Art dealers
- trueArt dealers
- Art dealers -- Fiction
- trueArt forgeries
- trueArt fraud
- trueDalhousie, Isabel (Fictitious character)
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories, English
- Fiction
- trueHousehold employees
- trueInterpersonal relations
- trueHousekeepers
- Women editors -- Fiction
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