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Bertie's guide to life and mothers

Newlywed painter and sometime somnambulist Angus Lordie might be sleepwalking his way into trouble with Animal Welfare when he lets his dog Cyril drink a bit too much lager at the local bar. The longsuffering Bertie, on the cusp of his seventh birthday party, has taken to dreaming about his eighteen...

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Main Author: McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- (Author)
Other Authors: McIntosh, Iain.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Anchor Books, a division of Random House LLC, 2015.
Series: 44 Scotland Street series ; 9.
Subjects:
Birthday parties > Fiction.
Dogs > Fiction.
Sleepwalking > Fiction.
Artists > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Edinburgh (Scotland) > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Humorous fiction > Scotland.
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Summary: Newlywed painter and sometime somnambulist Angus Lordie might be sleepwalking his way into trouble with Animal Welfare when he lets his dog Cyril drink a bit too much lager at the local bar. The longsuffering Bertie, on the cusp of his seventh birthday party, has taken to dreaming about his eighteenth, a time when he will be able to avoid the indignity of unwanted girl attendees and the looming threat of a gender-neutral doll from his domineering mother Irene.
Item Description: "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh, in 2013."
Physical Description: 295 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9780804170000 (pbk.)
0804170002 pbk.)
Author Notes: Alexander McCall Smith was born on August 24, 1948 in Zimbabwe. He was a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh, but he left in 2005 to focus on his writing. He has written over 60 books, including specialist academic titles including Forensic Aspects of Sleep and The Criminal Law of Botswana, short story collections including Portuguese Irregular Verbs, and children's books including The Perfect Hamburger. He is best known for the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He also writes the Corduroy Mansions, Isabel Dalhousie and 44 Scotland Street series.

He has received numerous awards, including The Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library Award and the 2004 United Kingdom's Author of the Year Award. His book, The Full Cupboard of Life, received the Saga Award for Wit in the United Kingdom. In 2007, he received a CBE for his services in literature.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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