McCall Smith, Alexander
Heavenly date and other flirtations Heavenly date Alexander McCall Smith. - New York : Canongate U.S., 2004. - 200 p. ; 21 cm.
Originally published in the UK in 1995 as: Heavenly date and other stories.
Wonderful date -- Nice little date -- Bulawayo -- Far north -- Intimate accounts -- Calwarra -- Fat date -- Maternal influence -- Heavenly date.
In these hilarious stories of perverse meetings, casual dates and romantic encounters, we are enthralled, saddened, inspired and surprised by the encounters we’re made privy to. McCall Smith, a master of the unexpected and a seamless storyteller, revels in offering us the quirky complications inherent in entanglements which human beings engineer for themselves – entanglements that can be shocking, edifying, compulsive, complicated and sometimes, completely disastrous.
This is an exceptional collection of stories from an author whose rapidly growing audience delights in his extraordinary imagination and delicious insights into the endlessly fascinating peculiarities of the human condition.
1841955876 (pbk.) :
Dating (Social customs)--Fiction.
Humorous stories, Scottish.
McC 2
Heavenly date and other flirtations Heavenly date Alexander McCall Smith. - New York : Canongate U.S., 2004. - 200 p. ; 21 cm.
Originally published in the UK in 1995 as: Heavenly date and other stories.
Wonderful date -- Nice little date -- Bulawayo -- Far north -- Intimate accounts -- Calwarra -- Fat date -- Maternal influence -- Heavenly date.
In these hilarious stories of perverse meetings, casual dates and romantic encounters, we are enthralled, saddened, inspired and surprised by the encounters we’re made privy to. McCall Smith, a master of the unexpected and a seamless storyteller, revels in offering us the quirky complications inherent in entanglements which human beings engineer for themselves – entanglements that can be shocking, edifying, compulsive, complicated and sometimes, completely disastrous.
This is an exceptional collection of stories from an author whose rapidly growing audience delights in his extraordinary imagination and delicious insights into the endlessly fascinating peculiarities of the human condition.
1841955876 (pbk.) :
Dating (Social customs)--Fiction.
Humorous stories, Scottish.
McC 2