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Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Corduroy Mansions, Pimlico is an oasis of old-fashioned civilisation, its inhabitants considerate and peace-loving. But beneath the polite exterior seismic change is stirring. Barbara Ragg makes an eye-popping discovery about her stolid Scottish suitor's past, while Oedipus Snark — newly appointed and tirelessly self-interested Government Minister — has a close encounter in Switzerland that…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Following on from the huge success of the 44 Scotland Street series, Alexander McCall Smith 'moved house' to London's Pimlico and into his brand new daily novel, Corduroy Mansions. The building itself — described in a guide to the architecture of the area as 'a building of no interest whatsoever' — is believed to have been built as an asylum, or possibly a school, or maybe it was a mansion block…