01614cam a2200265 a 45000010005000000030006000050050017000110080041000280100017000690200025000860200018001110400023001290500020001520820012001721000036001842450099002202500035003192600031003543000043003855200766004286500031011946500060012256550029012857000034013146206FISKH20250328101305.0090831s2010    nyua          000 1 eng    a  2009035066  a9780307454706 (pbk.)  a9780349121147  aDLCcDLCdDLCbeng  aPR6063.C326 U53  a823.9141 aMcCall Smith, Alexander,d1948-14aThe unbearable lightness of scones /cAlexander McCall Smith ; Illustrations by Iain Mcintosh   aThis edition published in 2011  aNew York :bAbacus,c2008.  a328 pages : billustrations ; c20 cm   aThe Unbearable Lightness of Scones, finds Bertie, the precocious six-year-old, still troubled by his rather overbearing mother, Irene, but seeking his escape in the Cub Scouts. Matthew is rising to the challenge of married life with newfound strength and resolve, while Domenica epitomizes the loneliness of the long-distance intellectual. Cyril, the gold-toothed star of the whole show, succumbs to the kind of romantic temptation that no dog can resist and creates a small problem, or rather six of them, for his friend and owner Angus Lordies.
With his customary deftness, Alexander McCall Smith once again brings us an absorbing and entertaining tale of some of Scotland's most quirky and beloved characters all set in the beautiful, stoic city of Edinburgh 0aApartment housesvFiction. 0aEdinburgh (Scotland)xSocial life and customsvFiction. 7aHumorous fiction.2gsafd  aMcintosh, Iain eillustrator