Tears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith
Plot: Mrs. Precious Ramotswe is the owner of the "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency", the first detective agency in Botswana. Accept you investigate a very delicate case: an American woman asked her to light on the disappearance of his son , which occurred under mysterious circumstances ten years earlier.
Comment: This book is a warning that one should not expect a large yellow structure. The "mystery", in fact, is solved in a very simplistic , on the basis of feminine and feel of a old photos. From this point of view, the plot is not very consistent.
interesting is the setting : author, born and raised in Africa, describes in delicious traditional customs of Botswana , landscapes, even the typical architecture of houses. And then the character is really nice, with its sweet nature, independent and happy, despite a troubled past.
E 'and then a nice novel, certainly not a masterpiece of yellow but enjoyable.
Original title: Tears of the Giraffe
Translation: Stefania Bertola
Published: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2003
Pages: 235
Price: 14.50 €
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