Love Over Scotland: A 44 Scotland Street Novel (3)
by Alexander McCall Smith
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Author: Alexander McCall SmithEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-11-06
ISBN: 0307275981
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Anchor
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Summary: 4 Stars
Love Over Scotland (2006) is the third novel in the 44 Scotland Street series, following Espresso Tales. In the previous volume, Ramsey Dunbarton started writing his memoirs. Matthew learned that Janis was not a golddigger.
Big Lou discovered that Eddie had not been true to her. Domenica decided to study pirates in the Malacca Straits. Bruce sold his flat and moved to London. Pat moved to a shared flat on Spottiswoode Street.
In this novel, Pat Macgregor is the daughter of an Edinburgh psychiatrist. She is now registered for courses in art at the University of Edinburgh. She is also working parttime at Something Special Gallery, the art shop owned by Matthew.
Matthew Duncan is a young business man. His gallery has recently been making a profit. It probably has to do with Pat's knack for selling art.
Domenica MacDonald is an older anthropologist with an eventful past and a lot of friends. She allows her friend Antonia Collie to live in her flat while she is away studying pirates.
Irene Pollock is the wife of Stuart and the mother of Bertie. She knows that her son is quite brilliant, but he also seems quite disturbed. At least, Irene has trouble understanding him. They live on the floor below Domenica at 44 Scotland Street.
Lou Brown is the owner of The Morning After coffee shop. It is near the gallery and Matthew likes to stop in there to talk to Big Lou and his other friends.
Angus Lordie is an Edinburgh artist. He is an older man and a friend of Domenica. Angus has a dog named Cyril, who likes to wink at the ladies.
In this story, Pat is now living with three other females. She is taking a seminar on aesthetics at the university. Her professor is a dull lecturer and seems unable to stir up much discussion.
Another student in the seminar is called Wolf. Pat is intrigued by his name and looks. Then she discovers that he is going with one of her flatmates.
Pat tries to dump Wolf, but he persists in his pursuit of her. Then Tessie -- his girlfriend -- threatens her and Pat decides to move out. She gets Matthew to help her move her stuff. Then he offers her the guest room in his house.
Angus lets Antonia into Domenica's flat. At first, Angus likes her, but then he starts to feel like she is treating him in a condescending manner. She is also not favorably impressed by Angus.
Later, Angus decides to invite Antonia over to his house for dinner. But then Cyril is stolen while Angus is buying food for the meal. Angusis very distraught by the incident, so he postpones the dinner.
Cyril slips free of his collar and runs away from the dognapper. He follows his nose toward a familiar scent and eventually finds a friend from the Cumberland Bar. Angus and Cyril are reunited in that bar and the patrons are delighted at the joy and eagerness of the two friends.
The Pollocks lose their car again. This time it was probably stolen. Irene reports the theft, but has to hurry her candid son out of the police station. He is starting to explain about Lard O'Connor before he is whisked away.
Irene takes Bertie to an audition for the Edinburgh Teenage Orchestra. Bertie points out that he is slightly younger -- by at least seven years -- than the rest of the group, but she is sure that he can handle it. Then Bertie mentions that the saxophone is not an orchestral instrument, but Irene counters with reminders that it is much like some others in the orchestra.
So Bertie ignores the music that he is supposed to play and does "As Time Goes By" from Casablanca. The conductor loves it! Bertie and his saxophone are going to Paris with the orchestra. Bertie is upset at first, but then he learns that his mother will not be coming with them.
In Malaysia, Domenica is guided to the village where she will be staying by a young accountant named Ling. He is also her interpreter, but he tends to disparage and twist the words of her subjects. Then Domenica fires him and discovers that she can speak pidgin with the natives.
Big Lou has money problems with her sweetheart Eddie. Matthew and Stuart find a solution in Glasgow. Eddie doesn't like the results.
This tale widens out the horizons of the series, taking Domenica to the far East and Bertie to France. Pat finally goes back to college, but her love life is getting complicated. The situation with Wolf and Tessie both titillates and frightens her.
These stories continue to amaze and delight us. The next volume is The World According to Bertie. Read and enjoy!
Recommended for McCall Smith fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of ordinary lives, commonplace people, and one brilliant child. For anyone who has not previously read this series, the initial volume is 44 Scotland Street.
-Arthur W. Jordin
Summary of Love Over Scotland: A 44 Scotland Street Novel (3)
The third installment in Alexander McCall Smith?s beloved 44 Scotland Street series is sure to delight his many fans.This just in from Edinburgh: the complicated lives of the denizens of 44 Scotland Street are becoming no simpler. Domenica Macdonald has left for the Malacca Straits to conduct a perilous anthropological study of pirate households. Angus Lordie?s dog, Cyril, has been stolen, and is facing an uncertain future wandering the streets. Bertie, the prodigiously talented six-year-old, is still enduring psychotherapy, but his burden is lightened by a junior orchestra's trip to Paris, where he makes some interesting new friends. Back in Edinburgh, there is romance for Pat with a handsome young man called Wolf, until she begins to see the attractions of the more prosaically named Matthew.
Teeming with McCall Smith?s wonderful wit and charming depictions of Edinburgh, Love Over Scotland is another beautiful ode to a city and its people that continue to fascinate this astounding author.
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